nutshell

Значение (Английский)

Noun

1. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
2. A short book summarizing an area of law.
3. A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas.

Verb

To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).

Синонимы

shell

🐚

eggshell

hull

husks

monocoque

seashell

pelecypod

conch

cast-off skin

Переводы

guscio di noce

Nussschale

καρυδότσουφλο

kısaca

lamnia lammina lamna

casca de noz

coquille

🐚

coque de noyau

gheriglio

schelp

🐚

notedop

concha

kabuk

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: notschelle

Унаследовано от староанглийский: hnutsċiell

In summary

From Middle English notschelle, from Old English hnutsċiell, from Proto-West Germanic *hnutskallju, equivalent to nut + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Nuteskele, Nuteskil (“nutshell”), Dutch notenschaal (“nutshell”), German Nussschale (“nutshell”).