英语词汇“nothing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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 nothing — New Yorker > < the bull … had temporarily become a nothing — Jean Stafford > • - no nothing
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