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单词 in a nutshell
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in a nutshell

In the fewest possible words: she put the matter in a nutshell...
  • Its brief, in a nutshell, is to showcase works of art to as broad a spectrum of people as possible.
  • This, in a nutshell, summarizes the uphill battle of perception facing hedge funds.
  • Yet, in a nutshell, it lacks the originality that it would take to launch a musical revolution.

Synonyms

in short, briefly, in brief, to put it briefly, to cut a long story short, in a word, to sum up, in sum, to come to the point, in essence, in outline
Originally with allusion to a copy of Homer's Iliad which, as reported by Pliny the Elder, was supposedly small enough to be enclosed in the shell of a nut
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