| 单词 | core |
| 释义 | core (once / 791 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4n If you're looking for the most essential part or the very center of something, you're looking for its core. Like the inedible middle of an apple or your inner circle of core friends. In the late 14th century, the noun core came about from the Old French coeur, meaning “core of fruit” and more literally, “heart.” So the core of something is its very heart, whether you're talking about the seed-containing center of a fruit, the central meaning of a book, or the core courses you need to take in order to graduate. WORD FAMILYcore: cored, cores, coring USAGE EXAMPLESAnother Apple hallmark — elegant design — is also a core value. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) At the core of every habit is a neurological loop with three parts: A cue, a routine and a reward. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) He, too, offered a stay in his home … This level of generosity shocked me to my core. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n the center of an object the ball has a titanium core Hypo|Hyper corn cob, corncob the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn center, centre, midpoint a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure 2n the central part of the Earth Hyper center, centre, midpoint a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure 3n a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill Hyper sample all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class 4v remove the core or center from 2core an apple Hyper core out, hollow, hollow out remove the interior of 1n the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience Syn|Hypo|Hyper center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum bare bones (plural) the most basic facts or elements hypostasis(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality haecceity, quidditythe essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other quintessencethe purest and most concentrated essence of something stuffa critically important or characteristic component cognitive content, content, mental object the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned 2n a small group of indispensable persons or things five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program Syn|Hypo|Hyper core group, nucleus cadre a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion set a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used 3n the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work 3Syn|Hyper burden, effect, essence, gist import, meaning, significance, signification the message that is intended or expressed or signified 1n a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil Hyper bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon 2n (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories 4each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit Syn|Hyper magnetic core toroid, torus a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle n the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place Hyper chamber a natural or artificial enclosed space CORE (once / 78274 pages) n WORD FAMILY CORE: CORES USAGE EXAMPLESCORE’s work is funded by public and private sources, including U.S. Washington Times(Sep 20, 2015) He later joined other black and white activists in founding the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, in 1942. Washington Post(Aug 22, 2015) The next year, to test the ruling, Mr. Houser and Mr. Rustin, CORE’s first field secretary, organized the Journey of Reconciliation. New York Times(Aug 20, 2015) n an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality Syn|Hyper Congress of Racial Equality NGO, nongovernmental organization an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government |
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