pith

• n.本質；核心；髄；要点
• vt.殺す; 麻痺させる; ...から髄を取り除く。

古英語のpitha, heart, pithから、西ゲルマン語*のpithan, kernelから、語源的にはpitと同じ。

pith (n.)

Old English pita "pith of plants," also "essential part," from West Germanic *pithan- (cognates: Middle Dutch pitte, Dutch pit, East Frisian pit), a Low German root of uncertain origin. Figurative sense was in Old English. Pith helmet (1889, earlier pith hat, 1884) so called because it is made from the dried pith of the Bengal spongewood.

pith (v.)

"to kill by piercing the spinal cord," 1805, from pith (n.). Related: Pithed; pithing.

1. the pith of her argument

彼女の論拠の核心

2.Using a sharp knife，cut away the pith and peel from both fruits.

2種類の果物の外皮と中果皮を鋭いナイフで削った。

3.Both the rubber and the pith ball are negatively charged.

このとき、ゴム棒と木髄球の両方に負の電荷がかかっていた。

4.The pith of this stemlike stele appears rather strongly like collenchyma tissue.

茎状中柱の髄は、厚い角組織のように丈夫に見える。

5.マジョリ?シェイプル、much spruced up and wearing a pith helmet、arrived on the dot of nine.

シェイプ少佐は、木髄を編んだヘルメットをかぶって、ちょうど9時に来た。