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

• 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。
• 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
• Long sticks pith underdevelopment.
  长枝髓心不发达。
• 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 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。
• The expansion and radial spread of cortex and pith cells are very strong after the mid-dle stage.
  中期以后直至成熟，皮层和髓细胞强烈扩大、径向伸长。
• He received many teachings of mahamudra, including all the oral pith instructions from the16th karmapa.
  他自第十六世大宝法王处领受了许多大手印法教，包含了所有的口诀心要。
• On medicine, according to the origin of haemal cell, haemal tumour cent is lymphatic sex tumour and pith sex tumour.
  在医学上，根据血液细胞的来源，将血液肿瘤分为淋巴性肿瘤和髓性肿瘤。
• Special subepidermal cells were found to exist beneath the epidermises of H. cordata stems and leaves and secretory cells were found to exist in the cortex and pith of the stems.
  鱼腥草茎和叶的表皮下有特殊的皮下层细胞，茎的皮层和髓中有分泌细胞存在。
• I think, the pith of Zhengzhou tourism resources is culture, how to tap the cultural features is very important for Zhengzhou to propagate its prestige.
  我认为，郑州旅游资源的精髓其实是文化，此如何深入挖掘文化特色对传播郑州文化美名非常重要。