nub
A small knob or lumpA small knob or lump.
» The nub of the dispute was unknown but its results were easy to predict.
Значение
значений: 7A small knob or lump.
Klümpchen, Stückchen, Noppe
a small lump or protuberance
The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
What do you think is the nub of the problem?
Pointe, Kernpunkt, Kern
сутьsutʹ
(эвфемизм, сленг, вульгарное)The clitoris.
(разговорное)A pointing stick.
A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
(разговорное)The genital tubercle.
nub theory
(устаревшее)The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
Примеры
предложений: 1The nub of the dispute was unknown but its results were easy to predict.
Переводы
языков: 3По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Происхождение
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compaEither directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
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