| 单词 | the nuts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe nuts c. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). the nuts: an excellent or first-rate person or thing; (Cards) an unbeatable hand. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 1917 in J. J. Niles Singing Soldiers (1927) 10 Oh, Jonah got a gas-bomb and said this is the nuts, I'll polish off this monster, cause I surely hate his guts. 1932 L. Hart Innocent Chorus Girls of Yesterday in Compl. Lyrics (1986) 168/2 We all got stinkin' last night! Its the nuts the way we're leaping! 1949 W. Stevens Let. 9 Sept. (1967) 647 At the Museum of Modern Art they cultivate the idea that everything is the nuts. 1984 M. Wallace & G. P. Gates Close Encounters 110 When Hewitt asked me what I thought of the pilot, I assured him emphatically that it was ‘the nuts’. 2001 Guardian 29 Sept. i. 19/8 The survey [of children's slang] turned up dozens of words for ‘cool’; including mesmeric, wix, deep, bodashes, mint, oudish, the nuts, animal, mad, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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