nuts

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

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

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]

...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]

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]

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]

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。