nut /nʌt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The firm shelled fruit of some trees and bushes are called nuts. Some nuts can be eaten. 坚果

  例：

  Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E.

  坚果和种子是维生素E的良好来源。

• 2. 

  → see also peanut

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A nut is a thick metal ring which you screw onto a metal rod called a bolt. Nuts and bolts are used to hold things such as pieces of machinery together. 螺母

  例：

  If you want to repair the wheels you just undo the four nuts.

  如果你要修理轮子，只拧下那4个螺母就行了。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT If you describe someone as, for example, a baseball nut or a health nut, you mean that they are extremely enthusiastic about the thing mentioned. 狂热者 [非正式]

  例：

  ...Annie, the girlfriend who was a true baseball nut.

  …女朋友安妮，一个十足的棒球迷。

• 5. 

  ADJ If you are nuts about something or someone, you like them very much. 狂热于…的 [非正式] [v-link ADJ 'about' n]

  例：

  They're nuts about the car.

  他们酷爱那辆车。

• 6. 

  ADJ If you say that someone goes nuts or is nuts, you mean that they go crazy or are very foolish. 发疯的; 愚蠢的 [非正式] [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  You guys are nuts.

  你们这些家伙疯了。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If someone goes nuts, they become extremely angry. 大发雷霆 [非正式]

  例：

  My father would go nuts if he saw bruises on me.

  要是我父亲看见我身上的淤伤，他会大发雷霆的。