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And while the Portuguese took part in the trade, ferrying nuts down the coast along with other goods, by 1620, when English explorer Richard Jobson made his way up the Gambia, the nuts were still peculiar to his eyes.
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By the late 19th Century, kola nuts were being shipped by the tonne to Europe and the US.
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Even though the nuts, which need to stay moist, can be somewhat delicate to transport, traders carried them hundreds of miles throughout the forests and grasslands.
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historian Paul Lovejoy relates that the cultivation of kola nuts in West Africa is hundreds of years old.
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In West Africa, people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants, because they contain caffeine that also occurs naturally in tea, coffee, and chocolate.
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Saturated fats are fats that are found principally in meat and dairy products, although some nuts and vegetable oils also contain them.
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wine, bread, olive oil, and nuts are other staples of the region, and the Mediterranean Sea has historically yielded abundant quantities of fish.
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N-COUNT
堅果;堅果仁
The firm shelled fruit of some trees and bushes are called nuts. Some nuts can be eaten.
例句
Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E.
堅果和種子里含有豐富的維生素E。
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螺母;螺帽
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.
例句
If you want to repair the wheels you just undo the four nuts.
如果你想修理輪子，只需擰開這4個螺母就行了。
...nuts and bolts that haven't been tightened up.
沒有擰緊的螺母和螺栓
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對…著迷的人;…迷
If you describe someone as, for example, a football nut or a health nut, you mean that they are extremely enthusiastic about the thing mentioned.
例句
...a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games.
花上幾千英鎊四處去看比賽的足球迷
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ADJ
狂熱的;執(zhí)著的
If you are nuts about something or someone, you like them very much.
例句
They're nuts about the car...
他們對汽車非常癡迷。
She's nuts about you.
她迷戀上你了。
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N-COUNT
瘋子;狂人
If you refer to someone as a nut, you mean that they are mad.
例句
There's some nut out there with a gun.
外邊有個拿著槍的瘋子。
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ADJ
發(fā)瘋的;愚蠢的
If you say that someone goes nuts or is nuts, you mean that they go crazy or are very foolish.
例句
You guys are nuts...
你們這些人簡直是有毛病。
A number of the French players went nuts, completely out of control.
有幾個法國運動員簡直是瘋了，完全失去了控制。
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N-PLURAL
(一對)睪丸
A man's testicles can be referred to as his nuts .
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N-COUNT
腦袋
Your head can be referred to as your nut .
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PHRASE
大發(fā)雷霆;極端惱火
If someone goes nuts, or in British English does their nut, they become extremely angry.
例句
My father would go nuts if he saw bruises on me...
如果我爸爸看到我臉上有傷痕，他會氣瘋的。
We heard your sister doing her nut.
我們聽到你妹妹在大發(fā)脾氣。
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PHRASE
具體內(nèi)容;基本內(nèi)容
If you talk about the nuts and bolts of a subject or an activity, you are referring to the detailed practical aspects of it rather than abstract ideas about it.
例句
He's more concerned about the nuts and bolts of location work.
他更為擔憂的是外景拍攝的具體內(nèi)容。
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PHRASE
難對付的人
If you think someone is difficult to deal with, you can say they are a tough nut or a hard nut .
例句
The Daily Express describes Dr Carey as a pretty tough nut.
《每日快報》把凱里醫(yī)生說成是特別難對付的家伙。
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PHRASE
棘手的事;難以解決(或理解)的問題
If you say that something is a hard nut to crack or a tough nut to crack, you mean that it is difficult to do or to understand.
例句
Getting out there is in many ways the hardest nut to crack.
從很多方面來說，出去交際是最難以做到的事了。