| 单词 | zilch |
| 释义 | zilch (once / 155518 pages) n Zilch is zero or nearly zero. This is a slangy term for nothing at all. If you have nothing in your bank account, you have zilch. If you no money in your pockets, you have zilch. People usually use this word when they're being humorous or informal. A CEO would be unlikely to say zilch when speaking to shareholders. A friend who beats another friend 3-0 in air hockey is likely to say "I win, three to zilch!" Zilch can also be called aught, a goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, null, zip, or zippo. WORD FAMILYzilch USAGE EXAMPLESLikelihood of them getting back together: Little to zilch. Time(Nov 20, 2016) “Know how much the community is trained in identifying fake news? Zilch.” Wall Street Journal(Nov 15, 2016) So all the over-the-top histrionics about Hillary Clinton’s emails amounted, in the end, to nothing, nada, zilch. Washington Post(Nov 07, 2016) n a quantity of no importance I didn't hear zilch about it Syn|Hypo|Hyper aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zip, zippo nihil (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ) relative quantity a quantity relative to some purpose |
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