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单词 no
释义 no
I. \ˈnō; when expressing disgust, impatience, or strong disagreement ˈnȯ, ˈnä, ˈnȧ, (especially when reduplicated) ˈnə, ˈʔmʔm, ˈʔəʔə, or ˈʔäⁿˌ ʔäⁿ\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English no, na, from Old English nō, nā, from ne not, no + ā, ō ever, always; akin to Old Saxon & Old High German ni, ne not, Old Norse ne, nē, Gothic ni, Old Irish ni, nī, Latin ne- not (negative prefix), not, Greek nē-, Sanskrit na, nā, Old Slavic ne — more at aye (ever)
1.
 a. chiefly Scotland : not
  < have walked forty miles and yet am no wearied — Hugh Mitchell >
  < and he's no rightly young either — John Buchan >
 b. — used as a function word to express the negative of an alternative choice or possibility
  < whether he was satisfied or no — H.J.Laski >
  < shall we write a letter or no — J.H.Robinson †1936 >
2. : in no respect or degree : not at all — used in comparisons
 < regard criticism … as no better than blasphemy — Elmer Davis >
 < is no more serious than the rest of them >
 < your experience was no different from mine >
3. : not so — used to express negation, dissent, denial, or refusal in answer to a question or request
 < are you going? No, I am not going >
 < no, you can't have any more candy >
or to introduce a statement correcting or contradicting a preceding statement
 < no, that's not the way the accident happened >
4. — used with a following adjective to imply a meaning expressed by the opposite positive statement
 < express his opinions in no uncertain terms — B.W.Bond >
 < a teacher of no mean ability — L.W.Fox >
 < an item of no small importance — B.H.Hibbard >
5. — used as a function word to emphasize a following negative or to introduce a more emphatic, explicit, or comprehensive statement
 < none is righteous, no, not one — Rom 3:10 (Revised Standard Version) >
 < had the ambition, no, the conviction, that he would … be a great singer — Hans Herbert >
6. — used as an interjection to express surprise, doubt, or incredulity
 < no, that's impossible >
 < no, you couldn't have been the one responsible >
II. \ˈnō\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English no, non, na, nan, from Old English nān — more at none
1.
 a. : not any
  < let there be no strife between you and me — Gen 13:8 (Revised Standard Version) >
  < and no birds sing — John Keats >
  < with no dancing in the streets or ritual bonfires — Mollie Panter-Downes >
  < wanted no part of army routine — Georg Meyers >
  < show little or no concern for the … rest of the population — Vera M. Dean >
  < no two of the rugged, scarecrow figures were dressed alike — F.V.W.Mason >
 b. : hardly any : very little
  < in no time other families followed — John Mason Brown >
  < it's no distance from the house to the store >
2. : not a : quite other than a : far from being a — usually used to modify a predicate noun
 < whether this is true … I don't know; I'm no anatomist — Deems Taylor >
 < that goodness is no name and happiness no dream — Lord Byron >
 < this was no Bohemia, but a workshop in the woods — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >
 < it was no job to pull the elk cows out of the water — F.B.Gipson >
3. : not any possible — used to modify a gerund that follows a finite form of the verb to be
 < there's no speaking a word but you fly into a passion — Fanny Burney >
 < there's no accounting for tastes >
4. : that is absent, lacking, or nonexistent
 < frankly confide to yourself these opinions or rather no opinions of mine — Thomas Jefferson >
— usually used in combination
 < thoroughly frightened with certain no-persons called ghosts — Henry Fielding >
 < a dog such as I have described, whatever be this breed or his no-breed — William Carnegie >

- no dice
III. noun
(plural noes or nos)
1. : an act or instance of refusing or denying by the use of the word no : denial
 < my wooing mind shall be expressed in russet yeas and honest kersey noes — Shakespeare >
 < the Everlasting No — Thomas Carlyle >
2.
 a. : a negative vote or decision
  < 110 ayes were cast and only 16 noes >
 b. noes or nos plural : persons voting in the negative
  < the chairman asked the noes to raise their right hands >
IV. noun
or noh \“\
(plural no or noh)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Japanese nō, literally, talent, ability
: classic Japanese dance-drama that is heroic in subject and in the use of measured chants and movements — called also nogaku
V. abbreviation
1. north
2. nose
3. [Latin numero, abl. of numerus] number
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