English-Thai Dictionary

Crux

N ชื่อ กลุ่ม ดาว ที่ มี การ เรียงตัว เหมือน ไม้กางเขน  กลุ่ม ดาว ที่ มี สี่ ดาว เรียงตัว คล้าย รูป ไม้กางเขน  มี ตำแหน่ง อยู่ ทาง ตอน ใต้ ของ ท้องฟ้า  Southern Cross chue-klum-dao-ti-me-kan-riang-tua-muean-mai-kang-ken

 

crux

N ประเด็นสำคัญ  pra-den-sam-kan

 

crux

N ปัญหา ยุ่งยาก  difficult problem puzzling thing pan-ha-yung-yak

 

crux of the matter

IDM ประเด็นหลัก  pra-den-lak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRUX

n.[L., a cross. ] Any thing that puzzles and vexes. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRUX

Crux (krks ), n.; pl. E. Cruxes (-, L. Cruces (kr. Etym: [L., cross, torture, trouble. ]

 

Defn: Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. Dr. Sheridan. The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. Strauss.

 

CRUX ANSATA

CRUX ANSATA Crux an *sa "ta. [L., cross with a handle. ]

 

Defn: A cross in the shape of the ankh.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Crux

Crux |krəks, kro͝oks krəks |Astronomy another term for the Southern Cross. • (as genitive Crucis |ˈkro͞osis |) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation: the star Beta Crucis. ORIGIN Latin.

 

crux

crux |krəks, kro͝oks krəks | ▶noun ( pl. cruxes or cruces |ˈkro͞oˌsēz | ) (the crux ) the decisive or most important point at issue: the crux of the matter is that attitudes have changed. • a particular point of difficulty: both cruces can be resolved by a consideration of the manuscripts. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting a representation of a cross, chiefly in crux ansata ‘ankh, ’ literally ‘cross with a handle ’): from Latin, literally ‘cross. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Crux

Crux |krʌks |Astronomy the smallest constellation (the Cross or Southern Cross ), but the most familiar one to observers in the southern hemisphere. It contains the bright star Acrux, the ‘Jewel Box ’ star cluster, and most of the Coalsack nebula. Formerly called Crux Australis. • (as genitive Crucis |ˈkruːsɪs |) used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation: the star Beta Crucis. ORIGIN Latin.

 

crux

crux |krʌks | ▶noun ( pl. cruxes or cruces |ˈkruːsiːz | ) (the crux ) the decisive or most important point at issue: the crux of the matter is that attitudes have changed. • a particular point of difficulty: both cruces can be resolved by a consideration of the manuscripts. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting a representation of a cross, chiefly in crux ansata ‘ankh ’, literally ‘cross with a handle ’): from Latin, literally ‘cross ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

crux

crux noun with whom John will be living is the crux of the situation: nub, heart, essence, central point, main point, core, center, nucleus, kernel; informal bottom line.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

crux

crux noun the crux of the matter: nub, heart, essence, most important point, central point, main point, essential part, core, centre, nucleus, kernel; informal the bottom line.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

crux

crux /krʌks /名詞 C 〖通例the ～〗(問題 疑問 議論などの )最重要点, 核心, 難点 .