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naught

noun
🔊/nɔːt/
🔊/nɔːt/
(also nought)
[uncountable] (literary)
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  1. 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).我们所有的努力都化为乌有（没有成功）。
    Word OriginOld English nāwiht, -wuht, from nā ‘no’ + wiht ‘thing’ (of Germanic origin).