pulp
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pulp1 /pʌlp/ noun 1 SUBSTANCEsoft substance 软的物质 [singular, uncountable] a very soft substance that is almost liquid, made by crushing plants, wood, vegetables etc 浆状物 Mash the bananas to a pulp. 把香蕉捣成糊状。 timber grown for wood pulp (=used for making paper) 种植以制造纸浆的树木 a soft pulp of leaves and mud 树叶和泥巴混成的浆液2 HBPfruit/vegetable 水果/蔬菜 [uncountable] the soft inside part of a fruit or vegetable 果肉；菜心 Halve the melon and scoop out the pulp. 把瓜切成两半，挖出瓜瓤。3 books/films etc 书籍/电影等 [uncountable] American English books, magazines, films etc that are badly written and that contain lots of sex, violence etc 劣质书刊，低级书刊；庸俗电影 an ad in a pulp magazine 低俗杂志中的一则广告 pulp fiction 低俗小说4. beat somebody to a pulp informalHIT to seriously injure someone by hitting them many times 狠揍[痛打]某人，把某人打得血肉模糊5. HBHtooth 牙齿 [uncountable] part of the inside of a tooth 牙髓 —pulpy adjective Cook slowly until soft and pulpy. 慢慢地煮成软糊状。
Examples from the Corpus
pulp• Stir vigorously to break the cranberries into a pulp.• Forty acres of corn burns up in July or is flooded out or beaten to a pulp by hail.• But now they face a battle to save another from being stripped of trees for a paper and pulp mill.• But that evening, pulp mill workers crept beneath the building and bored through the floor and into the barrels stored there.• This is why the paper-maker is able to make a fibrous pulp for your morning paper from wood.• He won't drink the orange juice if there's a lot of pulp in it.• These artists manipulate paper pulp to make sculptures, reliefs, embossed and two-dimensional work.• paper pulp• Remove pits from persimmons, then scrape pulp free from skins with teaspoon.• The pulp is sold back to the farmers for feeding to their cattle.• The pulp wood and timber industry is an example of how a global economy can cut both ways here.wood pulp• A big offender is chlorine gas used for bleaching wood pulp.• It was an industry like wood pulp or shoes.pulp fiction• Perhaps pulp fiction is your métier rather than poetry?• He started reading pulp fiction in the year he lost his job and began producing mystery stories based on its formulas.pulp2 verb [transitive] 1 SQUASHto beat or crush something until it becomes very soft and almost liquid 把…捣成[压成]浆状 pulped apples 苹果泥2 to beat or hit someone’s face or body very badly 把〔某人的脸或身体〕打得血肉模糊 His body was pulped by the impact of the train. 他的身体被火车撞得血肉模糊。3 TIto make wood or old books and newspapers into paper 把〔木头或旧书报〕化成纸浆 Unsold novels are sent to be pulped. 未售出的小说被送去化成纸浆。 wood pulping techniques 木材制浆工艺n Grammar Pulp is usually passive.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
pulp• This consisted of pressed bales of waste paper which were chopped, shredded and then steamed, stirred and pulped.• Forms will be shredded, pulped, and recycled.• The jokes are coarse and laboured, the blokes have pulped copies of Loaded for brains.• They also tended to pulp the offending books.• The peppers are pulped, then left to mature for three years before being distilled with vinegar.nPulp na British group, popular in the 1990s, whose music was an example of Britpop, and whose singer was Jarvis CockerOrigin pulp1 (1300-1400) Latin pulpa “flesh, pulp”pulp1 nounpulp2 verb →n GRAMMAR1PulpLDOCE OnlineChinese
Corpus very a substance liquid, soft that is almost
pulp
pulp1 /pʌlp/ 
noun
Mash the bananas to a pulp.
timber grown for wood pulp (=used for making paper)
a soft pulp of leaves and mud
2. FRUIT/VEGETABLE [uncountable] the soft inside part of a fruit or vegetable:
Halve the melon and scoop out the pulp.
3. BOOKS/FILMS ETC [uncountable] American English books, magazines, films etc that are badly written and that contain lots of sex, violence etc:
an ad in a pulp magazine
pulp fiction
4. beat somebody to a pulp informal to seriously injure someone by hitting them many times
5. TOOTH [uncountable] part of the inside of a tooth
—pulpy adjective:
Cook slowly until soft and pulpy.
pulp2 verb [transitive]
1. to beat or crush something until it becomes very soft and almost liquid:
pulped apples
2. [usually passive] to beat or hit someone’s face or body very badly:
His body was pulped by the impact of the train.
3. to make wood or old books and newspapers into paper:
wood pulping techniques
Unsold novels are sent to be pulped.
| I |
noun Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: pulpa 'flesh, pulp'
1. SOFT SUBSTANCE [singular, uncountable] a very soft substance that is almost liquid, made by crushing plants, wood, vegetables etc:Language: Latin
Origin: pulpa 'flesh, pulp'
2. FRUIT/VEGETABLE [uncountable] the soft inside part of a fruit or vegetable:
3. BOOKS/FILMS ETC [uncountable] American English books, magazines, films etc that are badly written and that contain lots of sex, violence etc:
4. beat somebody to a pulp informal to seriously injure someone by hitting them many times
5. TOOTH [uncountable] part of the inside of a tooth
—pulpy adjective:
| II |
verb [transitive]1. to beat or crush something until it becomes very soft and almost liquid:
2. [usually passive] to beat or hit someone’s face or body very badly:
3. to make wood or old books and newspapers into paper:
Pulp
Pulp
a British group, popular in the 1990s, whose music was an example of Britpop, and whose singer was Jarvis Cocker
Pulp
a British group, popular in the 1990s, whose music was an example of Britpop, and whose singer was Jarvis Cocker