pith
pith 英 [pɪθ] 美 [pɪθ]
n. 精髓；核心；骨髓；要旨 vt. 杀死；使瘫痪；除去…中的髓
进行时:pithing 过去式:pithed 过去分词:pithed 第三人称单数:piths 名词复数:piths
- Pith is the central idea or essence of something. If you’re in danger, you could exclaim, “I would greatly appreciate it if someone would provide assistance.” Or, you could get right to the pith of your point by shouting, “Help!”
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- n. 精髓；核心；骨髓；要旨
- vt. 杀死；使瘫痪；除去…中的髓
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1. The pith, the essence of faith lies in this---a casting oneself on the promise.
信仰的核心和本质就在于此——以承诺塑造自我。
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2. Even oranges don't eat the whole peel, but keep the pith, that white stringy stuff; it's packed with flavonoids.
即使是桔子不能整个的连着皮吃，但至少保留精髓，即白色粘性的东西，它也含有黄酮类化合物。
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3. Even oranges. Don't eat the whole peel, but keep the pith, that white, stringy stuff.
不用把全部的果皮都吃掉，只留住中果皮就可以了，就是果皮中白白的那层。
- pith (n.) Old English piþa "pith of plants," also "essential part," from West Germanic *pithan- (source also of Middle Dutch pitte, Dutch pit, East Frisian pit), a Low German root of uncertain origin. Figurative sense was in Old English. Pith helmet (1889, earlier pith hat, 1884) so called because it is made from the dried pith of the Bengal spongewood.
- pith (v.) "to kill by piercing the spinal cord," 1805, from pith (n.). Related: Pithed; pithing.
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