英语词汇“naught”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

archaic or literary nothing

NAmer the arithmetical symbol 0; nought zero¹ or nought (1)

come to naught

said of a plan, etc: to fail; to be foiled

set at naught

to belittle or express scorn for (something)

[Old English nāwiht, nawht, from nā (see no¹) + wiht creature, thing]

archaic wicked; immoral

And can I think, after all this, that my daughter can be naught? What, a whore? — Congreve

[orig in sense ‘inferior, worthless’]