essence

【哲】本质, 本体

真髓, 精髓, 要素, 精华

香气; 香油, 香精, 香料

essence of mint

essence of beef

essence

精髓；要素

the essence of morality

The essence of his religious teaching is love for all men.

精；素

essence of roses

Do you use coffee essence in making cakes?

essence

基本, [哲]本质, 香精

essence

the characteristic or intrinsic feature of a thing, which determines its identity; fundamental nature

the most distinctive element of a thing

the essence of a problem

a perfect or complete form of something, esp a person who typifies an abstract quality

he was the essence of gentility

the unchanging and unchangeable nature of something which is necessary to its being the thing it is; its necessary properties.See accident .the properties in virtue of which something is called by its name.the nature of something as distinct from, and logically prior to, its existence

an immaterial or spiritual entity

the constituent of a plant, usually an oil, alkaloid, or glycoside, that determines its chemical or pharmacological properties.an alcoholic solution of such a substance

a substance, usually a liquid, containing the properties of a plant or foodstuff in concentrated form

vanilla essence

a rare word for perfume

essence

1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

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2. any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

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3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

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4. a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

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