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单词 nothing
释义 noth·ing
I. \ˈnəthiŋ, -thēŋ\ pronoun
Etymology: Middle English nothing, nathing, non thing, from Old English nāthing, nān thing, from nān no + thing — more at none
1. : not any thing : no thing
 < nothing in the … document precludes the existence of regional arrangements — Vera M. Dean >
 < leaving nothing to chance — Fred Majdalany >
 < the dead feel nothing, hear nothing — Carson McCullers >
 < had done little or nothing toward solving the really fundamental problem — Collier's Year Book >
 < just say nothing — Lilian Balch >
2. : no share, element, or part
 < wrote nothing of an acceptance message in advance — J.A.Huston >
 < nothing of him that doth fade — Shakespeare >
3.
 a. : one that is of no interest, value, or consequence to a person
  < she's nothing to me, and I am nothing to her — Thomas Hardy >
  < the work he does … is nothing to him — T.P.Whitney >
 b. : no gain or advantage — often used in the phrase nothing in it
  < there was nothing in it for him — L.C.Douglas >
 c. : no point or element of advantage : no superiority of condition — usually used in the phrase have nothing on
  < palaces had … nothing on her lovely thatched cottage — No. American Review >
 d. : no substance or reality
  < there's nothing to that story >
 e. : no complexity or difficulty
  < the inexperienced hunter, who, after having killed a dozen or so of the animals … begins to think there is nothing in it — James Stevenson-Hamilton >
  < there's nothing to it if you know how >
 f. : no money or resources
  < lived … on next to nothing — Ellen Glasgow >
  < left with nothing >
 g. : no incriminating or damning evidence — usually used in the phrase have nothing on
  < the police had nothing on him >

- for nothing
- in nothing flat
- nothing but
- nothing doing
- nothing for it
- nothing if not
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English nothing, nathing, from Old English nāthing, nān thing, from nāthing, nān thing, pron.
: not at all : in no degree
 < that he should become a deity is nothing surprising — A.M.Young >
 < nothing daunted, they dive into the icy water — G.W.Long >

- nothing like
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: nothing (I)
1.
 a. : no thing at all : something that does not exist
  < an emissary of the primeval nothing — Thomas Carlyle >
  < nothing cannot become an object of consciousness — Herbert Spencer >
 b.
  (1) : the absence of all magnitude or quantity : zero
  (2) : the symbol naught : cipher
 c. : something that is characterized by utter absence of determination : perfect indistinguishableness
  < pure nothing >
 d. obsolete : utter insignificance : nothingness
  < find the emptiness of all things and the nothing of what is past — Sir Thomas Browne >
2.
 a.
  (1) : something of no or slight value or significance : trifle, bagatelle
   < a little nothing of a dress — Lois Long >
   < love at first sight is a romantic nothing — Walter Le Beau >
   < so badly damaged that they looked like nothing — J.P.Blank >
  (2) : a trifling or inane remark
   < the glories of silent appreciation were shattered by garrulous nothings — William Beebe >
   < having drinks and saying sweet nothings — Hugh Gaitskell >
 b. : a person or other living individual who is supremely insignificant or inconsequential : one with no claim to note : nullity
  < his wife … is strictly a nothingNew Yorker >
  < the bull … had temporarily become a nothing — Jean Stafford >

- no nothing
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