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词根:nub
adj.nubbly 块状的;多瘤的
nubby 有瘤的;块状的;有节的
n.nubble 小块;小瘤
Noun
1. a small lump or protuberance
2. a small piece;
"a nub of coal"
"a stub of a pencil"
3. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
"the nub of the story"
"按钮、肿块、凸起", 在1590年代,是方言 knub 的变体,这很可能是 knob 的一个变种。比喻意义上的"要点、主旨"最早可追溯到1834年。
alteration of English dialect knub, probably from Low German knubbe
The first known use of nub was in 1696
nubnoun
knob sense 1a, lump
the main point of a matter
the nub of the story
1 She got a skinny little brown nub that poke out the left sleeve.
2 These real-life stories of love lost and found again can teach us lessons about change, romance and the ways in which the grind of daily life can whittle once-muscular relationships down into nubs of bone.
3 The nub of Boeing's complaint was that the USAF had used subjective criteria to reach its decision in favour of the KC-45, which had inherently disadvantaged its smaller plane.
波音的投诉的核心是美国空军以主观标准来做出有利于KC - 45的决策,使波音的较小的飞机一开始就处于不利地位。
4 She found the nub of a pencil she’d gotten out of her locker and crouched down, balancing the notebook on her knees.
5 This forms the nub of a dilemma that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you’re too driven you’re likely to die.
6 Whenever Mr. Keller sees people goofing off during shop, he points at them with his nub and says, “Careful or you’ll lose a digit.”
7 At its psychological nub, Washington’s inveterate realism was rooted in his commitment to control, over himself and over any and all events with the power to determine his fate.
8 She reaches out with her good hand to take it, and I guess out a habit, her nub reach out too.
9 The nub of the problem is how to bring this ideal into practice.
问题的要点在于如何将这种理想情况投入实际应用。
10 Then in the spring, their antlers begin to grow back, starting with little nubs—called the pedicles—that are covered in fuzz, or velvet.
11 The desk was empty except for an old pencil whittled down to a nub.
12 Times is reporting that his segment may get whittled down to a nub when it airs on March 15th.
13 Roberts sticks with Charlotte Tilbury’s universally flattering Pillow Talk pencil, while Kathryn Newton’s crimson Chanel liner is worn down to a nub.
14 All had weathered, leathery skin and nubs instead of wings.
15 The plastic nub bridges the design divide between the U.S. plug and the foreign socket.
16 That's the nub of it.
关键就在这里.
17 It’s only two o’clock but I already done cleaned the house down to the nubs, polished the bathrooms, washed the clothes.
18 “I know what I know when I look at you mooning around and shaving taters down to nubs. Who else could you be thinking of?”
19 And this is the nub of the matter.
20 He stopped laughing and snuffed the nub of his cigarette on the countertop.
2 症结
5 小块
bit patch knob lump Pat hubble collop nubble pocket tablet scrap fleck morsel nubbin plat plot pad pat smallholding nut
6 残根
7 要害
9 粗节
10 核心
central hard-core center heart core vital nucleus kernel crux nitty-gritty Hardpan nerve centre point subject quick pulse cadre pith machine centre CORE root pivotal the crux lynchpin the linchpin of the heartbeat of inner soul nuclear nerve nexus yolk umbilicus vitals metr- eye bone nut essence epicenter hardpan the milk in the coconut
11 要点
point force short essential outline gut kernel hinge pivot gist crux pith salience bull's-eye essentiality gravamen be all and end all bare bones heart burden thrust main basic core keynote purport capitulation head and front idea cream knot Alpha and Omega business message substance drift whole plank thing feature head highlight hang sum motif upshot add-up it net argument meat rub bearing heft nubbin the sum and substance the milk in the coconut
18 突起