nitty-gritty
英 ['niti'ɡriti]
美
- n. 事實真相；本質
- adj. 根本的；詳細的
詞態(tài)變化
復數:?nitty-gritties;
英文詞源
- nitty-gritty (n.)
- "basic facts," 1961, knitty-gritty, American English, said to have been chiefly used by black jazz musicians, perhaps ultimately from nit and grits "finely ground corn." As an adjective from 1966.