pithy

FREQ #48536

a. 有髓的, 由髓组成的, 简洁有力的

发音

其它 /ˈpɪθi/

词形变化

pithier 比较级 pithier pithiest pithiest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Concise and meaningful.

    精辟

  2. 2.

    Of, like, or abounding in pith; spongy or having small holes or pits.

    1863, Theodore Winthrop, “The Heart of the Andes”, Part 2 – Introduction, published posthumously in Life in the Open Air and other papers, Must we know the torrid zone only through travelled bananas, plucked too soon and pithy? or by bottled anacondas? or by the tarry-flavored slang of forecastle-bred paroquets?

    1910, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Manual of Gardening, Suggestions and Reminders I: For the North, April, Parsnip.—Dig the roots before they grow and become soft and pithy.

  3. 3.

    Vigorous, powerful, strong; substantial.

    苏格兰 古体

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

sententious

近义相关 1

concise

词源

From Middle English pithy, pythy, equivalent to pith + -y.

来源：wiktionary