"You are what you eat"
nut
noun
1 [Countable noun] (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) fruit consisting of a hard shell with a kernel inside it that
can be eaten 坚果: chocolate with fruit and nuts 果料巧克力 * a Brazil-nut 巴西果 * a hazelnut 榛子.
2 [Countable noun] small (usually six-sided) piece of
metal with a hole through the centre, used for screwing onto a bolt to secure
it 螺母; 螺帽.
3 [Countable] (slang 俚) head (of a person) （人的）头: He cracked his nut on the ceiling. 他的头让天花板碰破了.
4 nuts [plural] small lumps of coal 小煤块.
5 nuts [plural] (<!> slang 讳, 俚 especially in US) testicles 睾丸: kick somebody in the nuts 踢某人的睾丸.
6 [Countable] (slang derogative 俚, 贬) (a) (British also nutter)
foolish, eccentric or mad person 傻子; 怪人; 疯子: He drives like a nut , he'll
kill himself one day. 他开汽车像个疯子--不定哪天就得撞死. (b) (preceded by a noun 用于名词之后) person very interested in something; fanatic 迷恋于某事物的人; 入迷的人; 迷: a movie nut, fitness nut, health nut, soccer nut 影迷、 健美迷、 健康迷、 足球迷.
7 (idiom 习语) do one's `nut (British slang
俚) be very angry 发怒; 气炸: She'll do her nut when she sees
the broken window. 她要是看见窗户破了准得气炸了. for `nuts/`peanuts (British
slang derogative 俚, 贬) (used with a negative 与否定词连用) at all 根本; 全然; 一点都: He can't play football for nuts!
他对踢足球一点儿不摸门儿.
a hard/tough `nut (to crack) (informal 口) (a) difficult problem or situation (to deal with) 难以应付的问题或情况: The final exam was a tough nut. 毕业考试不好对付. (b) person who is difficult to persuade, influence, etc 难以说服、 影响等的人: She's a tough
nut to crack; I don't think she'll give us permission. 她这个人不好说话, 我想她不会答应我们的. the nuts and bolts (infml 口) basic practical details 基本要点: dealing with ‘the nuts and bolts’ of the project 处理该计划的基本要点. ,off one's nut (slang 俚) mad 疯狂的: You must be off your nut! 你准是疯了!
nutty adjectve (nuttier than…, The nuttiest)
1 tasting of or containing nuts 坚果味的; 含果仁的: a nutty flavour 坚果的味道 * nuttycake, chocolate, etc 果仁蛋糕、 巧克力等.
2 (sl 俚) crazy; eccentric 发狂的; 古怪的: I love her nutty behaviour! 我倒喜爱她那古怪的举止.
3 (idiom 习语) (as) nutty as a fruitcake
(sl 俚); very crazy or eccentric 极疯狂的; 极古怪的.
nut-`brown adjective
(e,g . of ale) having the dark rich brown colour of ripe hazelnuts （如麦芽啤酒）深棕色的, 栗色的.
nut-case ; noun (slang
俚) mad or eccentric person 疯狂的或古怪的人.
nutcrackers ; noun
[plular] pincers for cracking open the shells of nuts 坚果钳.
nut-house ; noun
(slang offensive 俚, 蔑) mental hospital 疯人院.
nutshell ; noun
1 hard covering around the kernel of a nut 坚果的外壳.
2 (idiom 习语) (put something) in a
nutshell (say something) in very few words 用很少的言语（说明某事物）: To put it in a nutshell, we're bankrupt. 简断截说, 我们破产了.
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