| 单词 | crux |
| 释义 | crux /kruks/, n. , pl. cruxes, cruces /krooh"seez/. 1. a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point: The crux of the trial was his whereabouts at the time of the murder. 2. a cross. 3. something that torments by its puzzling nature; a perplexing difficulty. [1635-45; < L: stake, scaffold, or cross used in executions, torment; figurative senses perh. < NL crux (interpretum) (commentators') torment, a difficult passage in a text; cf. CRUCIAL] Syn. 1. essence, heart, core, gist. |
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