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not anything; no single thing 没有什么;没有一件东西 There was nothing in her bag. 她的包里什么都没有。 There's nothing you can do to help. 你什么忙也帮不上。 The doctor said there was nothing wrong with me. 医生说我什么毛病也没有。 Nothing else matters to him apart from his job. 对他来说,除了工作以外,什么事都无关紧要。 It cost us nothing to go in. 我们没花钱就进去了。 - (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 无关紧要的东西;毫无趣味的事 We did nothing at the weekend. 我们周末什么也没干。 ‘What's that in your pocket?’ ‘Oh, nothing.’ “你口袋里装的是什么?” “哦,没什么重要的。” I know next to nothing (= almost nothing) about art. 我对艺术几乎一无所知。
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不花钱;免费 with no reward or result 无酬劳;毫无结果;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 (这事)轻而易举,非常简单 ‘Thanks for all your help.’ ‘It was nothing—I enjoyed it.’ “谢谢你的帮助,”。“没什么——我很喜欢,”。
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 不择手段 She’ll stop at nothing to make money. 她会不择手段赚钱。
sweet nothings
romantic words 情话 to whisper sweet nothings in somebody’s ear 向某人低诉喁喁情话
there is/was nothing (else) for it (but to do something)
there is/was nothing in something
there’s nothing like something