pith

• n. 精髓；核心；骨髓；要旨
• vt. 殺死；使癱瘓；除去…中的髓

來自古英語pitha,樹心，木髓，來自West-Germanic*pithan,核，詞源同pit.引申詞義核心，精髓。

pith (n.)

Old English piþa "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.

1. the pith of her argument

她論據的核心

來自《權威詞典》

2. Using a sharp knife, cut away the pith and peel from both fruits.

用一把鋒利的刀削去兩種水果的外皮和中果皮。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Both the rubber and the pith ball are negatively charged.

這時,橡膠棒和木髓球兩者都帶負電荷.

來自辭典例句

4. The pith of this stemlike stele appears rather strongly like collenchyma tissue.

莖狀中柱的髓顯得頗強健,像厚角組織.

來自辭典例句

5. Major Shairpe, much spruced up and wearing a pith helmet , arrived on the dot of nine.

謝普少校打扮得整潔多了,戴著一頂編織著木髓的鋼盔, 正好九點來到.

來自辭典例句