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the number 0, especially as the score in some games synonym zero(數字)零;(體育比賽中的)0 分 Newcastle beat Leeds four nil/by four goals to nil. 紐卡斯爾隊以四比零戰勝利茲隊。
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin, contraction of nihil ‘nothing’.