nitty-gritty
英 ['niti'ɡriti]
美
- n. 事实真相；本质
- adj. 根本的；详细的
词态变化
复数: nitty-gritties;
英文词源
- 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.