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naught

/nɔːt/ /nɔt/

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noun

虚无，乌有。

Examples :

"The lost homework represented a naught; it was completely useless for the grade. "

丢失的作业毫无价值，对成绩来说如同虚无。

nothing abstract thing

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numeral

零

(old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought

Examples :

"My math test had three questions, and I got naught wrong. "

我的数学测验有三道题，我一道都没做错。（Wǒ de shùxué cèyàn yǒu sān dào tí, wǒ yī dào dōu méi zuò cuò.）

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pronoun

什么也没有，零。

Examples :

"Naught can come of this, you mark my words."

这件事不会有任何结果的，你记住我的话。

nothing language

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noun

乌有，虚无。

Nothing; something which does not exist.

Examples :

"There was naught but silence in the classroom after the bell rang. "

铃声响过之后，教室里除了寂静，什么都没有。(Língshēng xiǎngguò zhīhòu, jiàoshì lǐ chúle jìjìng, shénme dōu méiyǒu.)

nothing abstract

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noun

零, 无价值之物

A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.

Examples :

"After years of neglect, the once-valuable antique was now considered naught, fit only for the trash heap. "

经过多年的忽视，这件曾经价值连城的古董现在被认为一文不值，只能扔进垃圾堆了。

value amount number nothing

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noun

零，无，没有。

Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.

Examples :

"0.4 — nought point four / zero point four"

0. 4 可以读作“零点四”。

number math game point nothing

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noun

零，零数。

The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.

Examples :

"The student wrote a naught in the math problem for the missing number. "

学生在数学题的缺失数字处写了个零。

number math nothing