单词 | nut |
释义 | Word Frequency nut(nʌt) noun 1. a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit that usually possesses a woody wall 2. (not in technical use) any similar fruit, such as the walnut, having a hard shell and an edible kernel 3. the edible kernel of such a fruit 4. slang a. sometimes humorous a person who behaves in a foolish manner b. offensive a person who is mentally disturbed c. a person who is extremely enthusiastic about something specified a baseball nut 5. a slang word for head (sense 1) 6. do one's nut 7. off one's nut 8. a person or thing that presents difficulties (esp in the phrase a tough or hard nut to crack) 9. a small square or hexagonal block, usually metal, with a threaded hole through the middle for screwing on the end of a bolt 10. mountaineering a variously shaped small metal block, usually a wedge or hexagonal prism (originally an ordinary engineer's nut) with a wire or rope loop attached, for jamming into a crack to provide security Also called: chock 11. Also called (US and Canadian): frog music a. the ledge or ridge at the upper end of the fingerboard of a violin, cello, etc, over which the strings pass to the tuning pegs b. the end of a violin bow that is held by the player 12. printing another word for en 13. a small usually gingery biscuit 14. British a small piece of coal verbWord forms: nuts, nutting or nutted 15. (intransitive) to gather nuts 16. (transitive) slang to butt (someone) with the head Derived forms nutlike (ˈnutˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English hnutu; related to Old Norse hnot, Old High German hnuz (German Nuss)Word Frequency NUTabbreviation for (in Britain) National Union of Teachers |
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