nut

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

Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E. 堅果和種子是維生素E的良好來源。

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. 如果你要脩理輪子，衹擰下那4個螺母就行了。

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. 狂熱者[非正式]

...Annie, the girlfriend who was a true baseball nut. …女朋友安妮，一個十足的棒球迷。

5. ADJ If you are nuts about something or someone, you like them very much. 狂熱於…的[非正式] [v-link ADJ 'about' n]

They're nuts about the car. 他們酷愛那輛車。

6. ADJ If you say that someone goes nuts or is nuts, you mean that they go crazy or are very foolish. 發瘋的; 愚蠢的[非正式] [v-link ADJ]

You guys are nuts. 你們這些家夥瘋了。

7. PHRASE If someone goes nuts, they become extremely angry. 大發雷霆[非正式]

My father would go nuts if he saw bruises on me. 要是我父親看見我身上的淤傷，他會大發雷霆的。