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nut·shell
/ˈnʌtˌʃɛl/
堅果殼,極小的容器,極小的住家
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Nut·shell
n.
1.
The
shell
or
hard
external
covering
in
which
the
kernel
of
a
nut
is
inclosed
.
2.
Hence
,
a
thing
of
little
compass
,
or
of
little
value
.
3.
Zool.
A
shell
of
the
genus
Nucula
.
in a nutshell
in
a
summarized
and
very
abbreviated
form
; --
of
statments
,
descriptions
,
reports
,
and
other
communications
;
as
,
to
describe
the
convention
in a nutshell
.
To be in a nutshell
or
To lie in a nutshell
,
,
to
be
within
a
small
compass
;
to
admit
of
very
brief
or
simple
determination
or
statement
.
“The
remedy
lay
in
a
nutshell
.”
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
nutshell
n
:
the
shell
around
the
kernel
of
a
nut
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