单词 | nada |
释义 | nada (once / 7746 pages) n Nada means "nothing." The kids next door will be disappointed if they learn that their lemonade stand has earned them nada. The noun nada is an informal way to say "zero." If you ask a deli worker how many plain bagels he has, and he answers, "Nada," it means they're out of your favorite kind. If you leave your calculus class completely confused, you can say that you understand nada. Most experts attribute the English use of nada to Ernest Hemingway, who borrowed it from Spanish, in which it means "nothing." The Latin root, nata, means "small, insignificant thing." WORD FAMILYnada: nadas USAGE EXAMPLESThis year, according to the models Mass trusts, looks like a “ La Nada year” — business as usual. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “This is more of la nada than La Niña,” he quipped. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) “As a dealer, I have always received a lot of support at NADA, and I’d like to stay,” she says. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) n a quantity of no importance Syn|Hypo|Hyper aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, 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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