Pith
[pɪθ]
解释:
(noun.) soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants.
(verb.) remove the pith from (a plant).
阿弗丽达整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue.
(n.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.
(n.) The spinal cord; the marrow.
(n.) Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith.
(v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Heart, marrow.[2]. Essence, quintessence, substance, gist, soul, chief part, essential part, vital part.[3]. Weight, moment, importance.[4]. Force, strength, energy, vigor.
录入:特伦特
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Kernel, marrow, gist, substance, essence, cream, root
ANT:Surplusage, surroundings, dressing, verbiage
埃尔韦拉录入
解释:
n. the marrow or soft substance in the centre of the stems of dicotyledonous plants: force or energy: importance: condensed substance: quintessence.—n. Pith′-ball a pellet of pith.—adv. Pith′ily.—n. Pith′iness.—adj. Pith′less wanting pith force or energy.—n. Pith′-pā′per a thin sheet cut from pith for paper: rice-paper.—adj. Pith′y full of pith: forcible: strong: energetic.
伯特兰校对
例句:
- Another and cheaper product experimented with is the pith of the cornstalk, which is much lighter than the cocoanut fiber and serves the same purpose. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The first method that suggested itself was to transmit signals by means of pith-ball electrometers. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- That was the pith of the information with which Holmes left the office of the Adelaide-Southampton company. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- To produce all the requisite signals with a single pith-ball electrometer, it was necessary to vary the durations of each divergence, and to combine several to form a single symbol. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- That the prongs are in motion, however, is seen by the action of a pith ball when brought in contact with the prongs (see Section 250). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- I kept myself up with proverbs as long as I could; Pride must abide,--and such wholesome pieces of pith; but it was of no use. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- In this manner the person at the receiving station, by attentively watching the pith-balls, and noticing the letter that appeared at the instant of collapse, could read the messages signalled. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The community was like a pithed animal in the hands of the governing class. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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