英语词汇“in a nutshell”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Use the phrase in a nutshell when you want to make it clear that you're going to sum something up in just a few words. Another way to say this would be "to make a long story short."

If you don't want to tell your friend the whole long complicated story about how your hair came to be dyed purple instead of blonde, you can sum it up by saying, "In a nutshell, I bought the wrong hair dye." Shakespeare may have been one of the first to use a nutshell as a metaphor for something small, and by the 1800's the phrase in a nutshell became commonly used to mean "in a small number of words."

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in a nutshell

USAGE EXAMPLES

In a nutshell, it involves using diversification, and sometimes borrowed money, to find an optimal balance between risk and return.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016)

The clash between a secularized, doubt-ridden West and a missionary Islam is Europe’s cultural crisis in a nutshell.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016)

He’s the all-American hero, in a nutshell, the character Hulk Hogan.”

The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016)

adv summed up briefly

gave the facts in a nutshell
just tell me the story in a nutshell
explained the situation in a nutshell

单词	in a nutshell
释义	in a nutshell (once / 9657 pages) adv Use the phrase in a nutshell when you want to make it clear that you're going to sum something up in just a few words. Another way to say this would be "to make a long story short." If you don't want to tell your friend the whole long complicated story about how your hair came to be dyed purple instead of blonde, you can sum it up by saying, "In a nutshell, I bought the wrong hair dye." Shakespeare may have been one of the first to use a nutshell as a metaphor for something small, and by the 1800's the phrase in a nutshell became commonly used to mean "in a small number of words." WORD FAMILY in a nutshell USAGE EXAMPLES In a nutshell, it involves using diversification, and sometimes borrowed money, to find an optimal balance between risk and return. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) The clash between a secularized, doubt-ridden West and a missionary Islam is Europe’s cultural crisis in a nutshell. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) He’s the all-American hero, in a nutshell, the character Hulk Hogan.” The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) adv summed up briefly gave the facts in a nutshell just tell me the story in a nutshell explained the situation in a nutshell
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