| 单词 | pith |
| 释义 | pith /pith/, n. 1. Bot. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants. 2. Zool. the soft inner part of a feather, a hair, etc. 3. the important or essential part; essence; core; heart: the pith of the matter. 4. significant weight; substance; solidity: an argument without pith. 5. Archaic. spinal cord or bone marrow. 6. Archaic. strength, force, or vigor; mettle: men of pith. v.t. 7. to remove the pith from (plants). 8. to destroy the spinal cord or brain of. 9. to slaughter, as cattle, by severing the spinal cord. [bef. 900; ME; OE pitha; c. D pit. See PIT2] |
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