| [/nɔːt; nɔt/] n 用法:
1 the figure 0 零; 0:
write three noughts on the blackboard 在黑板上写三个0 *
nought point one (0.1) 零点一（0.1）. =>App 4 见附录4. 用法:
2 (also naught) (arch 古) nothing 无; 无物:
His crime has gained him naught. 他既犯了罪又一无所获. nought 2
NOTE ON USAGE 用法:
The figure 0 has several different names in British English. 在英式英语中0这一数字有几个名称. 用法:
1 In speaking about temperature and in the language of science zero is used 说到温度时以及在科学术语中用zero:
The temperature rarely falls below zero here. 这里的温度很少降到0度以下. 用法:
2 Nought is commonly used when referring to the figure 0 as part of a number *nought一般用作数字中的0:
A million is 1 followed by six noughts (1000000). 一百万是1後面有六个0（1000000）. 用法:
3 When reading a telephone or bank account number (ie when the number does not represent a quantity) we say the letter `O'[/əu; o/] 读电话号码或银行帐号（即该数字不表示量）时, 将0读作字母O的名称:
The account number is 0-two-0-four-three-eight-one(0204381). 该帐号是[/əu-tuː -əu-fɔː -θriː-eɪt-wʌn; o-tu-o-fɔr-θri-et-wʌn/] (0204381). *
Their phone number is four-seven-double 0-five (47005). 他们的电话号码是[/fɔː-ˋsevn-ˋdʌbl əu-faɪv; fɔr-ˋsɛvn-ˋdʌblo-faɪv/] (47005). 用法:
4 In reporting the score in a team game we use nil or nothing 说分队比赛项目的比分时, 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. 威尔士队以28比0获胜. In US English zero is commonly used in all these cases. 在上述情况下, 美式英语一概用zero表示0. |