Crux
Южный Крест
Kreuz des Südens
A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a crossA distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
/kɹʌks/
» Here's the crux of the problem.
Meaning
1 sensesA distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
Examples
5 sentencesHere's the crux of the problem.
That's the crux of the matter.
deDa liegt der Hase im Pfeffer. — Espi
The crux of the matter is poverty, not responsibility.
The crux of his argument can be found on p. 56.
This seems to be the crux of the whole matter.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin crux (“a cross”).Learned borrowing from Latin crux (“a cross”).
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