Old English pita "pith of plants," also "essential part," from West Germanic *pithan- (cognates: 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.
雙語例句
1. the pith of her argument
她論據(jù)的核心
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. Using a sharp knife, cut away the pith and peel from both fruits.
用一把鋒利的刀削去兩種水果的外皮和中果皮。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Both the rubber and the pith ball are negatively charged.
這時,橡膠棒和木髓球兩者都帶負電荷.
來自辭典例句
4. The pith of this stemlike stele appears rather strongly like collenchyma tissue.
莖狀中柱的髓顯得頗強健,像厚角組織.
來自辭典例句
5. Major Shairpe, much spruced up and wearing a pith helmet , arrived on the dot of nine.