kernel
n
1 soft and usu edible part inside a nut or fruit stone (坚果或核果的)仁(通常可食). =>illus at nut 见nut插图.
2 part of a grain or seed within the hard outer shell (谷物去壳後的)粒, 子.
3 (fig 比喻) central or essential part (of a subject, plan, problem, etc) 核心; 要点; 中心
the kernel of her argument 她的论据的核心.
Carl, what does quake mean, as in the word earthquake?
卡尔,earthquake这个词中的“quake”是什么意思?
OK. We'll meet again tomorrow and make a decision then.
好吧。我们明天见,那时再作决定。
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.