The cactus has spines.仙人掌有刺.A hedgehog's spines point backwards.刺?的刺毛是向后长的.News stories of genocidal revenge killings are sending chills down our spines.相互残杀报复的灭族事件此起彼落,教人闻之不禁胆颤齿寒.One of the sharp hollow spines of a...
The dismissals came at an inopportune time.解雇通知来得不合时宜。They arrived at an inopportune moment.他们到得不是时候。He called at an inopportune moment, when we were about to go out.他来得真不是时候, 我们正准备外出....