nutshell

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nut·shell /ˈnʌt-ʃel/ noun [countableC]

1 in a nutshell SUMMARIZEused when you are stating the main facts about something in a short clear way 一言以蔽之，简括地说，用一句话概括

Okay, that’s our proposal in a nutshell. Any questions?

好了，简单地说我们的提议就是这样，有什么问题吗？

Examples from the Corpus

in a nutshell• In a nutshell, the state government is expected to be $2 million in debt by the end of the year.• Here, in a nutshell, is the story.• My hon. Friend had it in a nutshell.• Bob put it in a nutshell when he said the problems was essentially a lack of communication.• You've put it in a nutshell.• That, for me, sums up the movie in a nutshell.• Put in a nutshell, it puts the whole concept of justice into jeopardy.• A study of women at work says, in a nutshell, that opportunities have opened up dramatically.• She had summed up his immediate task in a nutshell.• There in a nutshell, as my father put it, was the whole thing.• This, in a nutshell, is how closed organizational systems become self-defeating.

2. DFHBPthe hard outer part of a nut 坚果的外壳

Examples from the Corpus

nutshell• My hon. Friend had it in a nutshell.• That, for me, sums up the movie in a nutshell.• She had summed up his immediate task in a nutshell.• There in a nutshell, as my father put it, was the whole thing.• This, in a nutshell, is how closed organizational systems become self-defeating.• In a nutshell, be sure of your requirements before choosing a printer.• In a nutshell, this is how it appears to me.

nut·shell noun

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BNC: 19450 COCA: 16204

nutshell

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