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单词 nub
释义 nub
I. \ˈnəb\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: alteration of knub
1. : knob, lump, protuberance
2. [by shortening] : nubbin
 < a nub of corn >
 < a nub of pencil >
 < a nub of land >
 < puffed at the nub of his cigarette — Lionel Shapiro >
 < saw a fawn standing at a nub of grass — Jack Kerouac >
3. : core, crux, gist, kernel, point
 < the nub of an argument >
 < the nub of a problem >
 < if this is the nub of the book — W.W.Howells >
4. : a small bunch of fibers usually made on the card, dyed, and interspersed in yarn during spinning
 < jacket of tobacco-colored wool dotted with fat black nubs — Lois Long >

- to the nub
II. transitive verb
(nubbed ; nubbed ; nubbing ; nubs)
Etymology: perhaps from nub (I)
1. dialect England : nudge
2. obsolete : to execute by hanging
III. transitive verb
(nubbed ; nubbed ; nubbing ; nubs)
Etymology: nub (I)
: to provide with nubs
 < nubbed silk >
 < nubbed weaves >
 < nubbed pottery >
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