pith

英 [pɪθ]

美 [pɪθ]

n.  (橙子等水果中的)髓; 精髓; 核心; 要点
vt.  杀死; 使瘫痪; 除去…中的髓

现在分词：pithing　过去式：pithed　第三人称单数：piths　过去分词：pithed　

GRE

BNC.25255 / COCA.23670

牛津词典

noun

• （橙子等水果中的）髓
  a soft dry white substance inside the skin of oranges and some other fruits
• 精髓；核心；要点
  the essential or most important part of sth
  1. the pith of her argument
     她论据的核心

柯林斯词典

• （柑橘类水果皮和瓤之间的）衬皮
  The pithof an orange, lemon, or similar fruit is the white substance between the skin and the inside of the fruit.

英英释义

noun

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  1. the gist of the prosecutor's argument
  2. the heart and soul of the Republican Party
  3. the nub of the story
  Synonym:kernelsubstancecorecentercentreessencegistheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatnubsumnitty-gritty
• soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants

verb

• remove the pith from (a plant)

双语例句

• The History of China's Gardening-the Pith and Inheritance of Ancient China's Gardening
  《中国造园史》&中国古代造园之精髓与传承
• Fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar ( jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago.
  印度到马来半岛出产的鱼尾状棕榈，；树汁出产一种红糖（棕榈粗），树干的木髓出产西谷米。
• Law belief: the pith and marrow of law lies in how to combine and use it.
  个人法律信念：法律的精髓在于如何组合和运用！
• The pith of his speech was focused on the importance of education.
  他演讲的精髓在于着重阐述了教育的重要性。
• The central cylinder in which the primary vascular tissue is arranged around a pith, as in most seed plants.
  一种管状中柱，其中初生脉管组织排列在髓孔周围，存在于大多数种子植物中。
• They learn to extract the pith from the spine-defended inedible stem.
  他们学会了在脊柱中取出不能食用的干茎。
• They are the pith and marrow of a language, from which they are abstracted by constant use and formed into fixed phrases and short sentences.
  习语是语言的浓缩和精华，是人们在长时间的使用中不断经过提炼而成的固定词组和短句。
• Refined tortoise and turtle tonic paste prepared from a-hundred-year-old pith and marrow is a superfine product promoting longevity.
  提炼百年精髓而制成的龟鳖精补膏，实为长寿精品。
• The pith of sunflowers is a kind of natural cellular material.
  向日葵髓芯是一种天然的高分子泡沫材料。
• An extract of the whole fruit including pith, peel and seeds was given to 60 volunteers every day for a month in the form of a capsule.
  研究者每天为60位参与者每人发放一枚石榴胶囊，胶囊里是用整颗石榴榨成的汁（里面包括果核和果皮），坚持服用一个月。