| 单词 | minus quantity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasminus quantity minus quantity n. a quantity which is negative or preceded by a minus sign; (chiefly colloquial) something insignificant or negligible; a liability, a disadvantage. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant thing of noughtc1425 nothing such1579 of nothing1583 nullitya1591 O1608 ciphera1616 zero1650 flinga1661 leather and prunella1734 small change1822 minus quantity1843 nuthin'1843 nothingburger1953 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > negativity or negation > a negative thing privant1586 negation1707 minus quantity1843 1843 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Oct. 541 State bonds and state credit would have but little to do with ‘cash’ and ‘par values’, or with any value above a minus quantity, if such were the condition. 1886 Longman's Mag. 7 551 The Americans can get our books, and do get them, and republish them and give us nothing—that awful minus quantity, nuppence! 1916 R. Fry Let. 14 Aug. (1972) II. 401 I fear my recommendation would generally prove a minus quantity. 1965 F. Sinclair Most Unnatural Murder xv. 174 Cherub and Phyl wouldn't play; Phyl's a bit of a minus quantity, anyway, from that angle. < as lemmas |
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