| 单词 | nub |
| 释义 | nub (once / 13386 pages) n A nub is a little piece of something, especially one that sticks out. The raised rubber buttons on your TV remote control are nubs. Tiny lumps or bits are nubs, like the nubs on tree branches that will become buds in the spring, or the nubs on a crocheted blanket, little woven bumps. Another kind of nub is the heart or essence of something: one incriminating piece of evidence might be the nub of a judge's decision in a case. The "lump" meaning is older, stemming from knob, while the "essence" meaning dates from the nineteenth century. WORD FAMILYnub: nubby, nubs+/nubby: nubbiness USAGE EXAMPLESThe basic shape is nothing pyrotechnic, but, as usual with Mr. Piano, the nub is in the details and in the light. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) The girls, impoverished and orphaned, had worked their previous No. 2’s down to the nubs. Washington Times(Nov 26, 2016) That in a nutshell is the nub of the thesis of the book. Slate(Nov 14, 2016) 1n a small lump or protuberance Syn|Hyper nubble bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings 2n a small piece a nub of coal Syn|Hypo|Hyper stub nubbin a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn) part, piece a portion of a natural object 3n the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience the nub of the story Syn|Hypo|Hyper center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, 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 |
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