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Meaning of 脊

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脊
Pinyin: jǐ
English Definition: spine; back; ridge; Taiwan pr. [ji2] or [ji3]
Chinese Definition:
①人和动物背上中间的骨头:脊椎。脊髓。脊柱。脊梁。脊背。脊椎动物。
②中间高起的部分:山脊。屋脊。书脊。
Total strokes: 10; Radical: 肉
Ideographic:A vertebra 人 protruding from the flesh ⺼
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • ⿻ Overlaid
    • ⺼ meat, flesh; organic compound
Similar Characters: 肻 育 肓 背
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Example Words
脊背 jǐ bèi back (of a human or other vertebrate)
脊椎动物 jǐ zhuī dòng wù vertebrate
脊髓 jǐ suǐ spinal cord; medulla spinalis
屋脊 wū jǐ roof ridge
脊柱 jǐ zhù spinal column; columna vertebralis
More:脊* | *脊 | *脊*
Example Sentences
1
船一直保持很长的船脊和船肋
,
好像鱼类的胸腔
。
Boats have long had spines and ribs like an animal's ribcage.
2
阿拉伯沙漠上一座高耸的沙丘脊指向着午后的落日
。
The towering ridge of a sand dune in the Arabian Desert points to the afternoon sun.
3
科学家们表示
,
他们惊奇地看到海脊两边的动物是多么的不同
。
Scientists said they were surprised to see how different the animals were on either side of the ridge.
4
但是
,
由于阿森松岛坐落在海脊的
“
热点
”
上
,
其火山尤为活跃
。
However, because Ascension occupies a "hot spot" on the ridge, its volcano is especially active.
5
俄罗斯也有深海潜水器
,
它申请勘探大西洋中脊的多金属硫化矿
。
Russia, which also has a deep-sea submersible, applied to explore a Mid-Atlantic Ridge site.