backbone
US: /ˈbækˌboʊn/
UK: /bˈækbəʊn/
UK: /bˈækbəʊn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
backbone /'bækboun/
- danh từ
- xương sống
- (nghĩa bóng) xương sống, cột trụ
- he is the backbone of the football team: anh ấy là cột trụ của đội bóng
- (nghĩa bóng) nghị lực; sức mạnh
- to lack backbone: thiếu nghị lực
- to the backbone
- chính cống, hoàn toàn
- he is an Englishman to the backbone: hắn là một người Anh chính cống
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] the row of small bones that are connected together down the middle of the back
Synonym: SPINE
2 [sing.] the most important part of a system, an organization, etc. that gives it support and strength: Agriculture forms the backbone of the rural economy.
3 [U] the strength of character that you need to do sth difficult: He doesn't have the backbone to face the truth.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 spine, spinal column:
He's much better since the surgery on his backbone.
2 mainstay, chief or main support, buttress, pillar:
Sheila has been the backbone of the society, but she has now moved away.
3 resoluteness, sturdiness, firmness, determination, strength (of character), mettle, purposefulness, resolution, courage, fortitude, resolve, will, will-power, strength, stability, stamina, staying power, grit:
Has she the backbone to run the company alone?
Concise English dictionary
backbones
+a central cohesive source of support and stability
+fortitude and determination
+the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
+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
+the part of a network that connects other networks together
