nutshell
noun
uk/ˈnʌt.ʃel/us/ˈnʌt.ʃel/in a nutshell
C1
using as few words aspossible:
简要地说,概括地说Well, toput itin a nutshell, we'relost.嗯,一句话,我们迷路了。
Summaries and summarizing
- abridgment
- abstract
- biodata
- catch-all
- curriculum vitae
- executive summary
- gist
- handout
- in shortidiom
- recap
- resume
- shorthand
- shorthand forsomethingidiom
- story
- sum(something/someone)up
- summarization
- the long and the short of itidiom
- TLDR
- to cut a long story shortidiom
- trot