crux

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n. 十字架形, 关键, 难题 [医] 十字, 十字形

发音

UK /kɹʌks/
US /kɹʌks/
AU
US /krəks/

词形变化

cruces cruxes 复数 cruxes cruces 复数

教材释义与例句

名词

关键；难题；十字架形，坩埚

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The basic, central, or essential point or feature.

    关键

    The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.

  2. 2.

    The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.

  3. 3.

    A puzzle or difficulty.

  4. 4.

    The hardest point of a climb.

    体育

    The final half-mile was the crux of the climb.

  5. 5.

    A cross on a coat of arms.

    政治 纹章

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

point

下位词 1

alpha and omega

相关短语

crux simplex crux gammata crux ansata crux decussata crux ordinaria

词源

From Latin crux (“cross, wooden frame for execution”), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”). Doublet of cross and crouch (“cross”).

来源：wiktionary