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

The hard, protective covering of a nut is called a nutshell. If you hear someone say "in a nutshell," they are most likely summing something up in a few words.

It's more common to refer to a nutshell as simply a shell. Most people use the word nutshell figuratively. When you say, "in a nutshell," you mean "to sum it up," or "to condense a large amount of information into one short sentence." For example you might say, "In a nutshell, The Odyssey is the story of a guy who went on a long boat trip."

WORD FAMILY

nutshell: nutshells

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)

n the shell around the kernel of a nut

Hyper

shell

the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts

单词	nutshell
释义	nutshell (once / 6678 pages) n The hard, protective covering of a nut is called a nutshell. If you hear someone say "in a nutshell," they are most likely summing something up in a few words. It's more common to refer to a nutshell as simply a shell. Most people use the word nutshell figuratively. When you say, "in a nutshell," you mean "to sum it up," or "to condense a large amount of information into one short sentence." For example you might say, "In a nutshell, The Odyssey is the story of a guy who went on a long boat trip." WORD FAMILY nutshell: nutshells 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) n the shell around the kernel of a nut Hyper shell the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
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