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

• Using a sharp knife, cut away the pith and peel from both fruits
  用一把锋利的刀削去两种水果的外皮和中果皮。
• In the eyes of the anatomical structure of stem, it would be a chief measure to suppress the differentiation of vessel lumen and pith cavity for harnessing the overrun of the species.
  从茎的结构上看，治理该种应以限制其导管腔和髓腔分化为主要手段。
• 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。
• A charged pith ball may be used as a test body to determine whether or not a second body is charged.
  一个带电的木髓球可当作一个检验物体，去确定另一个物体是否带电。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Long sticks pith underdevelopment.
  长枝髓心不发达。
• 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。