[はやいはなしが, hayaihanashiga] (exp, adv) in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n.
1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of
a nut is inclosed.
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2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
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3. (Zool.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
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{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." --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutshell
n 1: the shell around the kernel of a nut
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
