| 单词 | nothing |
| 释义 | nothing /nuth"ing/, n. 1. no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing. 2. no part, share, or trace (usually fol. by of): The house showed nothing of its former magnificence. 3. something that is nonexistent. 4. nonexistence; nothingness: The sound faded to nothing. 5. something or someone of no importance or significance: Money is nothing when you're without health. 6. a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark: to exchange a few nothings when being introduced. 7. a person of little or no importance; a nobody. 8. something that is without quantity or magnitude. 9. a cipher or naught: Nothing from nine leaves nine. 10. (used in conventional responses to expressions of thanks): Think nothing of it. It's nothing. Nothing to it. 11. for nothing, a. free of charge. b. for no apparent reason or motive. c. futilely; to no avail: They had gone to a great deal of expense for nothing. 12. in nothing flat, in very little time: Dinner was finished in nothing flat. 13. make nothing of, a. to treat lightly; regard as easy. b. to be unsuccessful in comprehending: He could make nothing of the complicated directions. 14. nothing but, nothing other than; only: We could see nothing but fog. 15. nothing doing, a. Informal. emphatically no; certainly not. b. no activity, inducement, advantage, etc., present to the eye: We drove through the town but there seemed to be nothing doing. 16. nothing less than or short of, absolutely; completely: She was used to nothing less than the best. 17. think nothing of, a. to treat casually. b. to regard as insignificant: He thinks nothing of lying to conceal his incompetence. adv. 18. in no respect or degree; not at all: It was nothing like that. Nothing dismayed, he repeated his question. adj. 19. amounting to nothing, as in offering no prospects for satisfaction, advancement, or the like: She was stuck in a nothing job. [bef. 900; ME; OE nanthing, nathing; see NO2, THING1] |
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