| 单词 | 精髓 |
| 释义 | 〔showcase〕In these last two usages the verb no longer has any connection to the idea of a showcase,nor does it retain any hint of its theatrical character.The development of the verb nicely exemplifies the process whereby metaphors are eviscerated after death.这最后两种动词用法和陈列柜的意思没任何联系，它也没有保留任何有关戏剧特征的暗示。这个动词的发展很好地展示了隐喻消亡之后靠什么除去其精髓的过程〔pith〕The essential or central part; the heart or essence.See Synonyms at substance 精髓，要旨，核心：核心部分或中心部分；中心或精髓 参见 substance〔essence〕An extract that has the fundamental properties of a substance in concentrated form.精髓，精华：在浓缩的结构中最重要的性质〔quintessence〕In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things.第五种要素：在古代和中世纪的哲学中，除了土、空气、火和水四大基本元素以外的第五种也是最高的精髓，被认为是天体的组成物质并潜伏在于所有事物之中〔marrow〕The inmost, choicest, or essential part; the pith.实质，精华，精髓：最深层、最紧要或最必要的部分；精华〔poetry〕The essence or characteristic quality of a poem.诗的特征，诗的意境：一首诗的精髓或特征性的品质〔juice〕A substance or quality that imparts identity and vitality; essence.精髓：赋予特性或增添活力的物质或性质〔arcanum〕A secret essence or remedy; an elixir.秘方：秘密的精髓或治疗法；万灵药〔quintessence〕The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.精华，精髓：事物纯正的、高度浓缩的精粹〔Om〕The supreme and most sacred syllable, consisting in Sanskrit of the three sounds (a), (u), and (m), representing various fundamental triads and believed to be the spoken essence of the universe. It is uttered as a mantra and in affirmations and blessings.唵：最主要和最神圣的一个音节，由梵语的三个音(a),(u)和(m)构成，它代表几种最根本的三物合一组合，并被认为是宇宙的话语精髓，在郑重断言的话语和祝福话中做祷文〔funky〕When asked which words in the English language are the most difficult to define precisely,a lexicographer would surely mentionfunky. The meaning offunky seems well captured by Geneva Smitherman in Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America, where she states that funky means “[related to] the blue notes or blue mood created in jazz, blues, and soul music generally, down-to-earth soulfully expressed sounds; by extension [related to] the real nitty-gritty or fundamental essence of life, soul to the max.”Be that as it may,funky is first recorded in 1784 in a reference to musty, old, moldy cheese. Funky then developed the sense "smelling strong or bad,” which could be used to describe body odor.Butfunky was applied to jazz, too—a usage explained in 1959 by one F. Newton inJazz Scene : "Critics are on the search for something a little more like the old, original, passion-laden blues: the trade-name which has been suggested for it is ‘funky’(literally: ‘smelly,’ i.e. symbolizing the return from the upper atmosphere to the physical, down-to-earth reality).” Funky comes from the earlier nounfunk, which meant "a strong smell or stink.” This noun can probably be traced back to the Latin wordfūmus, "smoke.” 当被问及英语中最难准确定义的是哪些词时，词典编纂者肯定会提到funky 这个词。 Funky 的含义似乎被热纳瓦·史密斯曼在 语言和证明： 美国黑人语言一节中解释得很清楚，她认为 funky 指“主要在爵士乐、布鲁斯歌曲、灵乐这些发自灵魂深处的音乐中创造出的音符式的忧郁； 由此延伸为与生命本质精髓有关的，表现美国黑人及其文化特点到极致的。”Funky 最早可能被记录于1784年，用于指发霉的、过期的奶酪。 后来，funky 引申到这层意思“闻起来强烈或有异味的，” 可以用来形容身体的气味。但funky 也用于指爵士乐方面， 这种用法于1959年在一位名叫F·牛顿的人的书爵士舞台 中有所解释： “批评家们正在找一种有些更象原始的、激情洋溢的老布鲁斯歌曲一样的东西：用来表现后的词就是‘有气息的’（字面意义：‘有气味的，’也就是说，从高高在上的格调降回到自然而率直的风格）。” Funky 一词来自较早出现的名词funk， 意为“一种刺鼻的气味或臭味”。 这个词可能可追溯到拉丁词fumus， “烟” |
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