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单词 naught
释义

naught

/nɔːt /
pronoun archaic
Nothing: he’s naught but a worthless fool...
  • First, think of a person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
  • When naught remained of the wound but the scar, the flow of light to the wound stopped, flowing about her hands, then vanished.
  • With naught but a tent for shelter, the traveler is in constant danger - both from bandits and the elements.

Synonyms

nothing, nothing at all, nought, nil, zero;
Northern English nowt
informal zilch, sweet Fanny Adams, sweet FA, not a dicky bird, nix
British informal damn all, not a sausage
North American informal zip, zippo, nada, diddly-squat, a goose egg
British vulgar slang bugger all, fuck all, sod all
noun North American
variant spelling of nought.It is a series of numbers, hyphens, naughts, strokes, and zeds....
  • Ryan was just hysterically laughing, asking how it was a twenty-one year old could lose to a five year old child in naughts and crosses.
  • Those naughts and ones are then what we call modulated, or carried if you like, as a passenger on a radio frequency signal.

Phrases

bring to naught

come to naught

set at naught

Origin

Old English nāwiht, -wuht, from 'no' + wiht 'thing' (see wight).

Rhymes

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