单词 | in a nutshell |
释义 | in a nutshellIn the fewest possible words: she put the matter in a nutshell...
Synonyms in short, briefly, in brief, to put it briefly, to cut a long story short, in a word, to sum up, in sum, to come to the point, in essence, in outline Originally with allusion to a copy of Homer's Iliad which, as reported by Pliny the Elder, was supposedly small enough to be enclosed in the shell of a nut See parent entry: nutshell |
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