单词
pith
英 [p?θ]
美[p?θ]
基本信息
- n. 精髓；核心；骨髓；要旨
- vt. 杀死；使瘫痪；除去…中的髓
GRE畅通词汇树
词态变化
复数:?piths;
中文词源
pith 中果皮，木髓，核心，精髓
来自古英语pitha,树心，木髓，来自West-Germanic*pithan,核，词源同pit.引申词义核心，精髓。
英文词源
- pith (n.)
- Old English pita "pith of plants," also "essential part," from West Germanic *pithan- (cognates: Middle Dutch pitte, Dutch pit, East Frisian pit), a Low German root of uncertain origin. Figurative sense was in Old English. Pith helmet (1889, earlier pith hat, 1884) so called because it is made from the dried pith of the Bengal spongewood.
- pith (v.)
- "to kill by piercing the spinal cord," 1805, from pith (n.). Related: Pithed; pithing.
双语例句
- 1. the pith of her argument
- 她论据的核心
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Using a sharp knife, cut away the pith and peel from both fruits.
- 用一把锋利的刀削去两种水果的外皮和中果皮。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Both the rubber and the pith ball are negatively charged.
- 这时,橡胶棒和木髓球两者都带负电荷.
来自辞典例句
- 4. The pith of this stemlike stele appears rather strongly like collenchyma tissue.
- 茎状中柱的髓显得颇强健,像厚角组织.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Major Shairpe, much spruced up and wearing a pith helmet , arrived on the dot of nine.
- 谢普少校打扮得整洁多了,戴着一顶编织着木髓的钢盔, 正好九点来到.
来自辞典例句