nut
US: /ˈnət/
UK: /nˈʌt/
UK: /nˈʌt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
nut /nʌt/
- danh từ
- (thực vật học) quả hạch
- (từ lóng) đầu
- (số nhiều) cục than nhỏ
- (kỹ thuật) đai ốc
- (từ lóng) người khó chơi; việc hắc búa, việc khó giải quyết
- a hard nut to crack: một thằng cha khó chơi; một công việc hắc búa khó nhai
- (từ lóng) công tử bột
- (từ lóng) người ham thích (cái gì)
- (từ lóng) người điên rồ, người gàn dở
- to be off one's nut
- gàn dở, mất trí, hoá điên
- to be nuts on; yo be dend nuts on
- (từ lóng) mê, say mê, thích ham
- cừ, giỏi
- nội động từ
- to go nutting đi lấy quả hạch
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 (often in compounds) a small hard fruit with a very hard shell that grows on some trees: to crack a nut (= open it) + a Brazil nut + a hazelnut + nuts and raisins
2 a small piece of metal with a hole through the centre that is screwed onto a BOLT to hold pieces of wood, machinery, etc. together: to tighten a nut + a wheel nut
3 (BrE, slang) a person's head or brain
4 (informal) (BrE also nutter) a strange or crazy person: He's a complete nut, if you ask me.
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5 (informal) (in compounds) a person who is extremely interested in a particular subject, activity, etc: a fitness / tennis / computer nut
6 (nuts) [pl.] (slang) a man's TESTICLES
Idioms: do your nut (BrE, informal, spoken) to become very angry: She'll do her nut when she finds out!
a hard / tough nut (informal) a person who is difficult to deal with or to influence
a hard / tough nut (to crack) a difficult problem or situation to deal with
the nuts and bolts (of sth) (informal) the basic practical details of a subject or an activity
off your nut (BrE, informal, spoken) crazy
more at SLEDGEHAMMER
+ verb [VN] (-tt-) (BrE, informal) to deliberately hit sb hard with your head: He grabbed my tie and I thought he was going to nut me in the face.
Collocation dictionary
1 food
ADJ.
cashew, pistachio, etc. | chopped, salted
VERB + NUT
crack, shell
NUT + NOUN
oil
2 for screwing onto a bolt
VERB + NUT
put on, screw on, tighten | loosen, remove, unscrew
Concise English dictionary
nutted|nutting|nutsnʌt
noun
+usually large hard-shelled seed
+Egyptian goddess of the sky
+a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
+half the width of an em
+a whimsically eccentric person
+someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
+one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
verb
+gather nuts
