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单词 naught
释义 naught
I. pronoun
or nought \ˈnȯt, ˈnät, usu -d.+V\
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nāwiht, nōwiht (akin to Old High German neowiht), from nā, nō no + wiht creature, thing — more at no, wight
1.
 a. : nothing
  < can do naught but give ourselves wholly to it — L.A.White >
  < has heard naught but good of me — J.H.Wheelwright >
 b. : a state of utter ineffectualness : an insignificant result
  < these promising beginnings … were brought to naught — Stephen Ullmann >
  < his efforts to purge his own party came to naught — Norman Thomas >
2. obsolete : what is wrong in morals or method : evil, error
II. noun
or nought \“\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nāwiht, nōwiht, from nāwiht, nōwiht, pron.
1.
 a. : nothing
 b.
  (1) : nothingness, nonexistence
   < a shift of emphasis from existential analysis to ontology … from the naught to what the naught manifests concerning the real — James Collins >
  (2) usually capitalized, cabalism : the depths of the Godhead
   < communion with the Naught, … a much higher rank than communion with the Shekhinah — G.G.Scholem >
  (2) : the arithmetical symbol 0 : zero, cipher — see number table
III. adjective
or nought \“\
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nāwiht, from nāwiht, pron.
1. archaic : of no worth : bad, unfit
 < the water is naught and the ground barren — 2 Kings 2:19 (Authorized Version) >
2. : of no existence, importance, or effect : insignificant
 < why give him publicity and importance when our critics are convinced that he is naughtUnited India & Indian States >
: nonexistent
 < a whole city made naught by the bomb >
: ruined
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