naught
noun /nɔːt/
/nɔːt/
(also nought)
[uncountable] (literary)- used in particular phrases to mean ‘nothing’
（用于某些短语）无，零 - All our efforts have come to naught (= have not been successful).
我们所有的努力都白费了。
词源Old English nāwiht, -wuht, from nā ‘no’ + wiht ‘thing’ (of Germanic origin). - All our efforts have come to naught (= have not been successful).