nutshell
US /ˈnʌt.ʃel/
UK /ˈnʌt.ʃel/
名詞
堅果殼
the shell of a nut
範例:
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The squirrel cracked open the nutshell to get to the kernel.
松鼠敲開堅果殼以取出果仁。
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The ground was littered with broken nutshells.
地上散落著破碎的堅果殼。
短語
簡而言之, 概括地說
in a very brief and concise form
範例:
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To put it in a nutshell, the project failed.
簡而言之，項目失敗了。
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Can you explain the whole situation in a nutshell?
你能簡要地解釋一下整個情況嗎？