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nut·shell N0199300 (nŭt′shĕl′)n. The shell enclosing the meat of a nut.Idiom: in a nutshell In a few words; concisely: Just give me the facts in a nutshell.nutshell (ˈnʌtˌʃɛl) n1. (Botany) the shell around the kernel of a nut2. in a nutshell in essence; brieflynut•shell (ˈnʌtˌʃɛl)
n. the shell of a nut. Idioms: in a nutshell, briefly; succinctly. [1175–1225; Middle English nutescell] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  nutshell - the shell around the kernel of a nutshell - the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts |
Translationsnut (nat) noun1. a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell. a hazel-nut; a walnut. 堅果 坚果2. a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together. a nut and bolt. 螺帽 螺母，螺帽 ˈnutty adjective1. containing, or tasting of, nuts. a nutty flavour. 含堅果的，有堅果味的 产坚果的，有坚果味的 2. a slang word for mad. He's quite nutty. (俚語)發瘋的，古怪的 （口）发疯的，狂热的 ˈnutcracker noun (usually in plural) an instrument for cracking nuts open. a pair of nutcrackers. 堅果壓碎器，胡桃鉗 夹碎坚果的钳子，胡桃钳 ˈnutshell noun the hard covering of a nut. 堅果殼 坚果壳in a nutshell expressed, described etc very briefly. I'll tell you the story in a nutshell. 一言以蔽之 简单概括
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in a nutshellIn summary; concisely. In a nutshell, the app helps you to plan parties. I don't want the long version—just tell me what your thesis is in a nutshell.See also: nutshellput it in a nutshellTo summarize or describe something in only a few words. To put it in a nutshell, the servers are crashing because of an issue with our power supply. Let me put it in a nutshell for you—if you show up late again, you're fired!See also: nutshell, putput something in a nutshellFig. to state something very concisely. (Alludes to the small size of a nutshell and the amount that it would hold.) The explanation is long and involved, but let me put it in a nutshell for you. To put it in a nutshell: you are fired!See also: nutshell, putin a nutshellConcisely, in a few words, as in Here's our proposal-in a nutshell, we want to sell the business to you. This hyperbolic expression alludes to the Roman writer Pliny's description of Homer's Iliad being copied in so tiny a hand that it could fit in a nutshell. For a time it referred to anything compressed, but from the 1500s on it referred mainly to written or spoken words. See also: nutshellin a nutshell COMMON You say in a nutshell when you are describing something very briefly. She wants me to leave the company. I want to stay. That's it in a nutshell. I don't know what I'm doing and I guess that's the problem in a nutshell.See also: nutshellin a nutshell in the fewest possible words. A nutshell is a traditional metaphor for a very small space. It is used by Shakespeare in Hamlet: ‘I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams’.See also: nutshell(put something) in a ˈnutshell (informal) (say or express something) in a very clear way, using few words: Unemployment is rising, prices are increasing; in a nutshell, the economy is in trouble. ♢ ‘Do you like his idea?’ ‘To put it in a nutshell, no.’See also: nutshell in a nutshell In a few words; concisely: Just give me the facts in a nutshell.See also: nutshellin a nutshellConcisely or compactly, usually referring to written or spoken words. The Roman writer Pliny in his Natural History stated that Homer’s great (and very long) epic poem, the Iliad, was copied in such tiny handwriting that the whole text could be enclosed in a nutshell. This obvious hyperbole caught the imagination of numerous subsequent writers who referred to “the Iliad in a nutshell,” among them Jonathan Swift and Thomas Carlyle. Later “the Iliad” was dropped and anything extremely compressed was described as being in a nutshell, a cliché since the mid-nineteenth century. See also in a word.See also: nutshellnutshell
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