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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。