invertebrate

🇬🇧/ɪnˈvɜːtɪbrət/ 🇺🇸/ɪnˈvɜːrtɪbrət/
VCE 📚 18961 托福
An invertebrate is a creature that does not have a spine such as an insect, a worm, or an octopus. 无脊椎动物

noun [专属名词] 无脊椎动物;无骨气的人

Most invertebrate species disappeared during a wave of extinctions. 大多数无脊椎动物在一次(物种)灭绝浪潮中消失了。

adjective [原级] 无脊椎的;无骨气的

People aren't even required to seek permits to move plants or invertebrate animals around as long as they are not classified as pests. 人们甚至可以未经许可就对植物或无脊椎动物进行迁移,只要它们未被归类为有害动植物。

后缀: ate 【verb/adjective】 表示使成为或具有某种特性的 - indicating to make or become 原词: invertebrate 是通过后缀 【ate】 构成的派生词
词根记忆: in(无) + vertebrate(脊椎的) → 无脊椎的 → 无脊椎动物
单词造句:
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...invertebrate creatures. ...无脊椎动物。