nub

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /nʌb/    美 /nʌb/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon. obsolete
  2. Alternative spelling of noob. Internet,alt-of,alternative
    — He can’t even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.
  3. A small knob or lump.
  4. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
    — What do you think is the nub of the problem?
  5. The clitoris. euphemistic,slang,vulgar
    — “ — and then rub her nub with the bridge of your nose, right where the nerve will drive her straight to the ceiling!”
  6. A pointing stick. colloquial
  7. A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
    — A nub is a passage of blank verse that Shakespearean actors have sometimes relied upon when they forget their lines. It doesn't have to make any sense, but it must sound plausible. To alert the other actors on stage that the speaker is in difficulty, the word nub is used in the first line.
  8. The genital tubercle. informal
    — nub theory
动词 v.
  1. To hit the ball weakly.
  2. To push; to nudge.
  3. To beckon.
  4. To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse
    — In Shall we Shog?, Globe artistic director Mark Rylance hilariously found himself having to nub the Quarto version of Hamlet's speech to the players.

词形变化

nubs plural nubs present,singular,third-person nubbing participle,present nubbed participle,past nubbed past nubs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nubber nubby nubcake nublike nublet

词源

词源 1
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
词源 2
Variant spelling of noob.
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