a small lump of gold or other precious metal found ready-formed in the earth 天然金块;天然贵金属块 ■a small chunk or lump of another substance (某种东西的)一小块 a nugget of food. 一小块食物。 ■a valuable idea or fact 有价值的想法(或事实) nuggets of information. 有价值的信息。
语源
mid 19th cent.: apparently from dialect nug 'lump', of unknown origin