backbone

backbone是什么意思

noun

1. the part of a network that connects other networks together

e.g. the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic

2. the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved

e.g. the title and author were printed on the spine of the book

Synonym: spine

3. fortitude and determination

e.g. he didn't have the guts to try it

Synonym: gritgutsmoxiesandgumption

4. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

e.g. the fall broke his back

Synonym: spinal columnvertebral columnspinebackrachis

5. a central cohesive source of support and stability

e.g. faith is his anchor
the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
he is the linchpin of this firm

Synonym: anchormainstaykeystonelinchpinlynchpin

1. 脊柱
Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.

2. 中坚力量；骨干；支柱
The backbone of an organization or system is the part of it that gives it its main strength.

e.g. The small business people of Britain are the economic backbone of the nation.
英国的小商人是国家经济的支柱。

3. 骨气；勇气
If you say that someone has no backbone, you think they do not have the courage to do things which need to be done.

backbone是什么意思

e.g. You might be taking drastic measures and you've got to have the backbone to do that.
你也许要采取极端的措施，你必须有勇气那么做。

1. 脊骨：这样信息整合是医疗卫生应用的关键因素,随着绝大多数医学应用是由巨大的异构多样性和必须共享数据的、独立医疗卫生制度(institutions )所决定的. 医学程序的连续性必须要改善,并且医学路径将扮演重要的角色,作为在公共机构中和跨越制度边界的整合脊骨(backbone).

2. 主干网络：广域主干网络系统的主要作用是提供ISP国内主干网络(Backbone)互连,即与其他城市ISP网络中心的互连通道和连接国际出口,设备要求可靠性高、速度高和具有良好的扩展能力,便于满足上网用户快速增长的对广主干网络的带宽需求.