crux

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

cruxescruces

1.
The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.
Đồng nghĩa: core, essence, heart, gist, bowels, sum, brass tacks, core, crux, essence, gist, drift, guts, gravamen, heart, heart and soul, heartstring, heartstrings, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, moral of the story, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, punctum saliens, quintessence, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, tenor
2.
The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
3.
A puzzle or difficulty.
Đồng nghĩa: enigma, puzzle, riddle, conundrum
4.
(climbing) The hardest point of a climb.
The final half-mile was the crux of the climb.
5.
(heraldry) A cross on a coat of arms.

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Đồng nghĩa

coreessenceheart gist bowels sumbrass tacksdrift guts gravamenheart and soulheartstringheartstringsinwardnesskernel marrow meatmoral of the storynitty-grittynub

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Latin crux (cross, wooden frame for execution), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, to bend). cross crouch.