Wordiyopith
🇬🇧 UK/piθ/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
The soft spongy tissue in the center of plant stems; the essential or most important part of something.
（植物茎的）髓；要旨，精华，核心
v.
To remove the pith from a plant; to kill an animal by destroying its spinal cord.
去除（植物的）髓；刺毁（动物的）脊髓
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishpithother
=pith
Common Collocations
- 1.the pith of the matter问题的核心／要点
- 2.pith and substance实质与内涵
- 3.pith helmet遮阳软木帽
- 4.[get to the pith]触及要旨
Example Sentences
- 1.
The pith of an orange is the white spongy layer just beneath the peel.
- 2.
The professor's lecture cut straight to the pith of the philosophical argument.