| 单词 | kernel |
| 释义 | kernel (once / 1553 pages) n Whether it’s the kernel of a pistachio nut or the kernel of wisdom in a story, kernel can refer to the center or essential part of something. The word kernel traces back to the Old English word cyrnel, which is related to corn. If you have ever eaten corn on the cob, you ate the kernels. Popcorn is made by heating corn kernels until they explode, or "pop." Like these examples, sometimes kernel means "a small bit" or "single piece," as in a story someone tells you that couldn't possibly have happened as described, but still has a kernel of truth about human nature. WORD FAMILYkernel: kernelling, kernels USAGE EXAMPLESBack in the day, the worst thing people did was hide in a ditch and hurl field corn kernels at passing cars. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Watch, as someone else not from Chicago sneaks back and fastidiously separates the flavors back into their original partitions, kernel by kernel. Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) The beat shifts dramatically and they start bouncing in synch with it, arms waving, streamers flying, dancing like exploding kernels in an arena-sized popcorn machine . Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1n a single whole grain of a cereal a kernel of corn Hypo|Hyper corn the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal caryopsis, grain dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn 2n the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell Syn|Hyper meat plant part, plant structure any part of a plant or fungus 3n the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience Syn|Hypo|Hyper center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum bare bones (plural) the most basic facts or elements hypostasis(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality haecceity, quidditythe essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other quintessencethe purest and most concentrated essence of something stuffa critically important or characteristic component cognitive content, content, mental object the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
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