nought
noun /nɔːt/
/nɔːt/
- [countable, uncountable] (British English) (also zero North American English, British English)the figure 0
(数字)零 - A million is written with six noughts.
一百万写出来有六个零。 - nought point one (= written 0.1)
零点一 - I give the programme nought out of ten for humour.
我给这个节目的幽默打零分。 - This car can accelerate from nought to sixty in ten seconds.
这辆车可以在十秒钟内从零加速到六十。
- A million is written with six noughts.
- (also naught)[uncountable] (literary) used in particular phrases to mean ‘nothing’
(用于某些短语)无,零 - All our efforts have come to nought (= have not been successful).
我们所付出的努力都已付诸东流。
- All our efforts have come to nought (= have not been successful).