nub

FREQ #41827

n. 小块, 瘤, 结节, 要点

发音

US /nʌb/
UK /nuːb/
AU
US /nub/
UK /nʌb/
IE /nʊb/
其它 /nʊb/

词形变化

nubs 复数 nubbed nubbing nubs 三单 nubbing 现在分词 nubbed 过去式 nubbed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    A small knob or lump.

  3. 3.

    The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.

    What do you think is the nub of the problem?

  4. 4.

    The clitoris.

    委婉 俚语 粗俗
  5. 5.

    A pointing stick.

    非正式 计算机 工程 数学
  6. 6.

    A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.

    艺术
  7. 1.

    Alternative spelling of noob.

    He can’t even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.

v.
  1. 1.

    To hit the ball weakly.

    体育 游戏
  2. 2.

    To push; to nudge.

  3. 3.

    To beckon.

  4. 4.

    To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

heart meat center centre core sum substance essence marrow gist

上位词 10

part piece bump content hump swelling bulge prominence jut protrusion

下位词 7

stuff quintessence bare bones haecceity hypostasis nubbin quiddity

词源

Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.

来源：wiktionary