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 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。
• 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。
• 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 economic feature is obvious. shows that of all types casparian strip exits in endodermis and evident pith does in young root; primary xylem is exarch and tetrarch;
  智囊团的经济特质是显而易见的。结果表明：内皮层都具有凯氏带，幼根均具有明显的髓，初生木质部均为外始式四原型；
• 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。
• Use an advanced laser measuring system to inspect position accuracy, pith, and backlash compensation of machine body.
  运用先进的高科技雷射量测系统来检测机台的定位精度、螺距及背隙补偿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。