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nut /nʌt/► SEE ALLdo your nuta hard/tough nut (to crack)off your nutuse a sledgehammer to crack a nut
●do your ˈnut (BrE, informal, spoken) be very angry or worried 暴跳如雷；极度忧虑◆He’ll do his nut when he sees all that mess.
他要是看到这么乱七八糟的，会气炸的。◆She’s doing her nut because she hasn’t heard from her son for weeks. She’s sure that something terrible must have happened.
几周没有儿子的消息，她担心极了，觉得一定出了什么可怕的事。●a hard/tough ˈnut (to ˈcrack) (informal) a very difficult problem to solve; a very difficult person to deal with 棘手的问题；难对付的人◆Persuading drivers to leave their cars at home and use public transport will be a very tough nut to crack.
要说服有车族把汽车停在家中而使用公共交通工具是很伤脑筋的。◆You’ll find it difficult to make him change his mind. He’s a tough nut.
你会发现很难说服他改变主意，他很难对付。●ˌoff your ˈnut (BrE, informal, spoken) crazy 发疯◆Is he completely off his nut?
他是不是完全疯了？ NOTE Nut is an informal word for your head. * nut 是非正式用语，意为“脑袋”。 ●use a ˌsledgehammer to crack a ˈnutuse more force than is necessary 杀鸡用牛刀；小题大做◆It was a small and peaceful demonstration so I don’t know why there was such a big police presence. It was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.这只是个小规模的和平示威，真不明白为什么有那么多警察，简直是小题大做。 |