nub
英 [nʌb]
美[nʌb]
- n. 要点;小块,结节;瘤;残根
中文词源
nub 中心,要点
来自knob的方言变体,引申词义结,把手,中心。
英文词源
- nub (n.)
- "knob, lump, bump," 1590s, variant of dialectal knub, probably a variant of knob. Figurative meaning "point, gist" first recorded 1834.
双语例句
- 1. That, I think, is the nub of the problem.
- 我想那才是问题的要害。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Here we reach the nub of the argument.
- 现在我们谈到了争论的核心部分。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The nub of the matter is that business is declining.
- 事情的实质是工商业在萎缩。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. That's the nub of it.
- 关键就在这里.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. She respected Andrew's wisdom, his knack of going directly to the nub of any situation.
- 她遵重安德鲁的才智和他在任何情况下都能一语道破的本领.
来自辞典例句