nought
n
1 the figure 0 零; 0: write three noughts on the blackboard 在黑板上寫三個0
nought point one (0.1) 零點一(0.1). =>App 4 見附錄4.
2 (also naught) (arch 古) nothing 無; 無物
His crime has gained him naught. 他既犯了罪又一無所獲. nought, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
The figure 0 has several different names in British English. 在英式英語中0這一數字有幾個名稱.
1 In speaking about temperature and in the language of science zero is used 說到溫度時以及在科學術語中用zero
The temperature rarely falls below zero here. 這里的溫度很少降到0度以下.
2 Nought is commonly used when referring to the figure 0 as part of a number *nought一般用作數字中的0
A million is 1 followed by six noughts (1000000). 一百萬是1後面有六個0(1000000).
3 When reading a telephone or bank account number (ie when the number does not represent a quantity) we say the letter `O' 讀電話號碼或銀行帳號(即該數字不表示量)時, 將0讀作字母O的名稱
The account number is 0-two-0-four-three-eight-one(0204381). 該帳號是/ EU-tu
-EU-fR: -Wri:-eIt-wQn; o-tu-o-fRr-Wri-et-wQn/ (0204381).
Their phone number is four-seven-double 0-five (47005). 他們的電話號碼是 (47005).
4 In reporting the score in a team game we use nil or nothing 說分隊比賽項目的比分時, 用nil或nothing表示0
The final score was three nil/nothing (3-0). 最後比分是三比零(3-0).
Wales won 28-nil. 威爾士隊以28比0獲勝. In US English zero is commonly used in all these cases. 在上述情況下, 美式英語一概用zero表示0.