[すんてつ, suntetsu] (n) (1) short blade; small weapon; (2) epigram; pithy saying [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pithy \Pith"y\, a. [Compar. {Pithier}; superl. {Pithiest}.]
1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith;
as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
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2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
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This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed.
--Dryden.
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In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.
--Addison.
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{Pithy gall} (Zool.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall,
formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly
({Diastrophus nebulosus}).
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pithy
adj 1: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy
comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style
in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
[syn: {pithy}, {sententious}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
