In America law and custom alike is based upon the dream of spinster.

There's nothing shameful in being a spinster.

当老处女也没什么丢人的,看看皮蒂姑妈.

I do not think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt . Its simply cupboard love.

我想,汤姆不是真心关怀他那个老去没嫁的姑母,只是爱她的财产罢了.

Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms.

亚洲的一种观赏灌木,具有多刺的枝和粉红色或红色的花.

Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots.

欧亚的一种植物,具有疏松的粉红色或紫色总状花序、有刺的茎和坚韧的根.

spiny sea urchins

多刺的海胆

Cortical microtubules and spiny vesicles appear in the cytoplasm after germination of the pollen tube.

花粉萌发后,细胞质中出现周质微管和被刺小泡,此期细胞器的变化不明显.

This is the Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms.

这就是亚洲的一种观赏灌木，具有多刺的枝和粉红色或红色的花。

...a spiny cactus.

多刺仙人掌

It lurks unseen and then, a flash of spiny front legs snags its unsuspecting insect prey.

它静悄悄地潜伏着,然后用带刺的前腿将丝毫没有察觉有何异样的猎物猛地勾取进来.

The wormlike, often brightly colored, hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth.

蝴蝶或蛾子的幼虫,形似蠕虫, 通常体色鲜艳, 有毛或有刺.

spiny bushes

多刺的灌木丛

...a spiny lobster.

刺龙虾

Experts watch the spiral development in industry with keen interest.

专家们以很大的兴趣观察工业的螺旋式的发展.

...a spiralling trend of violence...

暴力急遽上升的态势

...a bullet spiralling out of a gun barrel...

从枪管里飞旋而出的子弹

measures to control the inflationary spiral

控制日益恶化的通货膨胀的措施

This is the exit of the museum. I like the spiral stairs.

这是博物馆的出口. 我个人非常喜欢这个螺旋形楼梯.

A snail's shell is spiral in form.

蜗牛壳呈螺旋形。

Vines spiraled upward toward the roof...

藤蔓盘旋着朝屋顶方向生长。

Production costs began to spiral.

生产成本开始急遽上升。