Vertebrae

(pl. ) of Vertebra

整理:内莉

• Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The caudal and sacral vertebrae vary in number; as does the number of the ribs, together with their relative breadth and the presence of processes. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• They showed us a cast of his face taken after death, the bullet that killed him, and the two vertebrae in which it lodged. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• There was a long sustained and supreme effort on the ape-man's part--and the vertebrae of Sabor's neck parted with a sharp snap. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

整理:内莉