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not anything; no single thing 沒有什麽;沒有一件東西 There was nothing in her bag. 她的包裏什麽都沒有。 There's nothing you can do to help. 你什麽忙也幫不上。 The doctor said there was nothing wrong with me. 醫生說我什麽毛病也沒有。 Nothing else matters to him apart from his job. 對他來說,除了工作以外,什麽事都無關緊要。 It cost us nothing to go in. 我們沒花錢就進去了。 - (British English)
He's five foot nothing (= exactly five feet tall). 他正好五英尺高。
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very little; something that is not at all important or interesting 無關緊要的東西;毫無趣味的事 We did nothing at the weekend. 我們周末什麽也沒幹。 ‘What's that in your pocket?’ ‘Oh, nothing.’ “你口袋裏裝的是什麽?” “哦,沒什麽重要的。” I know next to nothing (= almost nothing) about art. 我對藝術幾乎一無所知。
Word OriginOld English nān thing (see no, thing).
Idioms
be nothing to somebody
be/have nothing to do with somebody/something
for nothing
without payment synonym free不花錢;免費 with no reward or result 無酬勞;毫無結果;白白地
have nothing on somebody (informal)
it is/was nothing
used as a polite way of replying when somebody thanks you for doing something, to show that you were happy to do it (這事)輕而易舉,非常簡單 ‘Thanks for all your help.’ ‘It was nothing—I enjoyed it.’ “謝謝你的幫助,”。“沒什麽——我很喜歡,”。
not for nothing
nothing but
nothing if not
nothing less than
nothing like (informal)
nothing much
(there’s) nothing to it
stop at nothing
to be willing to do anything to get what you want, even if it is dishonest or wrong 不擇手段 She’ll stop at nothing to make money. 她會不擇手段賺錢。
sweet nothings
romantic words 情話 to whisper sweet nothings in somebody’s ear 向某人低訴喁喁情話
there is/was nothing (else) for it (but to do something)
there is/was nothing in something
there’s nothing like something