释义 |
nuffin|ˈnʌfɪn| Also nuffink. [Repr. a colloq. or dial. pronunc. of nothing.] = nothing n. and adv. in var. senses.
1877Geo. Eliot Let. 23 Nov. (1956) VI. 426 We have never seen Saturn's ring, nor Jupiter's moons—‘nor nuffin’. 1897[see drift n. 9]. 1898J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 1 If anyfink's wrong, yer won't get nuffink aht o' me. 1910H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly ix. 316, I don't stick at nuffin. 1922‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) i. 24, I can't do nuffink with the mincing machine gone. 1951‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids (1956) ii. 46 On its [sc. the triffid's] origins the Russians, true to type, lay low and said nuffin. 1957Economist 28 Sept. 1002/1 It is..very nearly impossible for an Opposition to lie low and say nuffin at a time like this. 1958J. Townsend Young Devils ii. 20 ‘Don't learn nuffin' in this school,’ sneered another boy. 1971G. Sims Deadhand ii. ii. 88 Albert Chevalier's adage: ‘Wot's the good of hanyfink?—Why—nuffink!’ 1974‘A. Gilbert’ Nice Little Killing ix. 119 We don't know nuffin about the dear departed. |