nutcracker — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Danh từ

1. An implement for cracking nuts.

2. Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.

3. A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.

   Cách dùng

   • New-York-City
   • cách dùng ở Mỹ

   Ví dụ

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   The colorful bottles have popped up every summer in black and Hispanic communities — from the bodegas of Washington Heights to the stoops of Fort Greene — since the early 1990s. On beach boardwalks, at neighborhood basketball courts and block parties, New Yorkers are drinking nutcrackers, boozy homespun cocktails made from a blend of alcohol and fruit juices.

4. Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.

   Cách dùng

   • không trang trọng

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   head-scratcher

   Ví dụ

   I hadn't been to school for a while so the math was a real nutcracker

Danh từ

1. a compound lever used to crack nuts open

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   compound lever

2. any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   nuthatch

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   oscineoscine bird

3. speckled birds that feed on nuts

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   corvine bird