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

• 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。
• Strengthen system building is the pith of modern political civilization.
  加强制度建设，是现代政治文明的精髓所在。
• 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。
• If the borer has been properly located and drilled into the pith, a record of growth and age is obtainable for that position on the tree.
  如果生长锥放的位置适当，钻入木髓即可得到树木那个部位的生长记录和年龄。
• Long sticks pith underdevelopment.
  长枝髓心不发达。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the pith of Chinese traditional culture heritage, confucius's learning view is what we should still preserve and develop today.
  孔子关于学习的观点作为中国传统文化宝库中的精髓，是我们今天仍需要坚持和发扬光大的。