单词 | nut |
释义 | Related topics: Food, Plants, Technology, Daily lifeldoce_238_fnut1 /nʌt/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1 food 食物DFHBP a dry brown fruit inside a hard shell, that grows on a tree 坚果(仁) a pine nut 松子 roasted nuts 烘坚果 We were sitting round the fire cracking nuts (=opening them). 我们围坐在火炉边夹碎坚果。 →5 See picture of cashew nuts 腰果, pistachios 开心果, walnuts 核桃 ... →4 See picture of 见图 nut2 tool 工具TD a small piece of metal with a hole through the middle which is screwed onto a bolt to fasten things together 螺母,螺帽 Use a wrench to loosen the nut. 用活动扳手将螺帽拧松。 →5 see picture at 见图 screw13 crazy person 疯子 informalCRAZY someone who is crazy or behaves strangely 疯子;怪人 My dad is such a nut. 我爸就是这样一个怪人。 What are you, some kind of nut? 你是什么,是个疯子吗?4 golf/opera etc nut informalDLH someone who is very interested in golf etc 高尔夫球迷/歌剧迷等 → fanatic You don’t have to be a sports nut to enjoy skiing. 就算你不是运动迷,也会喜欢滑雪的。5. SEX ORGAN 性器官nuts [plural] informal a man’s testicles 睾丸6 the nuts and bolts of something informalDETAIL the practical details of a subject or job 某事的基本[实质性]要点 the nuts and bolts of government 政治的基本内容7 tough/hard nut informalDIFFICULT someone who is difficult to deal with 刺头,难对付的人 He may have softened a bit in his old age but he’s still a tough nut. 他年老之后可能变得温和了一些,但还是个刺头。8 a hard/tough nut to crack a difficult problem or situation 棘手的问题,难办的事 Celtic have lost only once this season and will be a tough nut to crack. 凯尔特人队本赛季只输过一场,不好对付。9 be off your nut British English spoken informalCRAZY to be crazy 发疯 You must be off your nut! 你一定是疯了!10 do your nut British English spokenANGRY to become very angry or worried 大发雷霆;极度忧虑 I didn’t get home till three – my mum did her nut! 我3点钟才到家,妈妈都担心坏了!11 head 头 British English spoken old-fashionedINTELLIGENT your head or brain 头;头脑somebody’s nut Oh come on, use your nut! 好啦,动动脑筋吧!Examples from the Corpusnut• Eleanor is such a nut.• Add nut mixture and spread evenly.• a cashew nut• A lot of people think he's a complete nut, but he's actually quite harmless.• It lasts from nuts to soup.• In other words it has more to do with an ambitious political undertaking than with institutional nuts and bolts.• His winning concoction was Macadamia Fudge Torte: chocolate cake with fudge-filled cavities, topped by macadamia nut streusel.• Hurry up, I'm freezing my nuts off out here.• He started asking me a lot of questions about my personal life. I think the guy's some kind of nut.• a selection of nuts• The woman sounds like a real nut.• Also, the D-32's nut has a nasty sharp corner on the treble side.• Fakhru rubbed one smooth slice with his thumb and then placed the spotted nut slice on his protruding tongue.• They would sip sherry or port, nibble at the nuts and raisins and allow themselves to wallow in the warm softness.• They put him in with the nut cases.cracking nuts• Teeth are especially worthy of admiration, being capable, with proper maintenance, of cracking nuts for something like forty years.use ... nut• It can also be used on stiff nuts.• They should not be used for turning nuts which are to be used again.nut2 verb (nutted, nutting) [transitive] British English spoken HITto hit someone with your head 用头撞 SYN headbutt He just turned round and nutted me! 他干脆转过身来用头撞我!→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusnut• Bradshaw rather unwisely greeted McLean's arrival in the ring by nutting him.nthe NUTNUT, the /ˌen juː ˈtiː/ n(the National Union of Teachers) one of the main professional trade unions which represents teachers in England and Wales, in both government and private schoolsOrigin nut Old English hnutunut1 nounnut2 verbNUT, theLDOCE OnlineChinese brown inside a a dry Corpus fruit |
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