pith
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(uncountable, usually)The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
Đồng nghĩa: marrow, medulla
- 2.
(uncountable, usually)The albedo (“whitish inner portion of the rind”) of a citrus fruit.
- 3.
Senses relating to humans and animals.
- 4.
(Ireland, Southern England, West Country, broadly, uncountable, usually)The soft inner portion of a loaf of bread.
- 5.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
Đồng nghĩa: kernel, marrow
- 6.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)The essential or vital part of something; the essence.
The pith of my idea is that people should choose their own work hours.
Đồng nghĩa: crux, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, medulla, nitty-gritty, nub, quintessence, soul, spirit, substance, 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
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(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Physical power or strength; force, might.
- 8.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)A quality of courage and endurance; backbone, mettle, spine.
- 9.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)The energy, force, or power of speech or writing; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness; punch, punchiness.
- 10.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Chiefly in of (great) pith and moment: gravity, importance, substance, weight.
- 11.
(transitive)(mathematics) One divided by pi, that is, 1/π (approximately 0.31831…).
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To render insensate or kill (an animal, especially cattle or a laboratory animal) by cutting, piercing, or otherwise destroying the spinal cord.
- 2.
(transitive)To extract the pith from (something or (figurative) someone).
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable, transitive)(mathematics) The ordinal form of the number pi (π; approximately 3.14159…).
The pith root of pi is approximately 1.439…
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The noun is derived from Middle English pith, pithe (soft interior; pith, pulp), from Old English piþa, from Proto-Germanic *piþô, from earlier *piþō (oblique *pittan); further etymology unknown. pit.