zilch

大学 FREQ #27702

n. 一无所有, 小人物, 无, 零

发音

US /zɪlt͡ʃ/
AU
UK /zɪlt͡ʃ/

词形变化

zilches 复数 zilches zilched zilches 三单 zilching zilching 现在分词 zilched 过去式 zilched 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

零，无；无价值之物；小人物

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.

    古体 可数 非正式 不可数

    President Henry P. Zilch. Chairman of the Board Charles D. Zilch. Treasurer Otto Zilch.

    Bernarr MacZilch [for Bernarr Macfadden] and His Dynamic-Hooey System... The WEAKLING Who Became 'The World's Most Perfect Ass!'

  2. 2.

    Nothing, zero.

    非正式 不可数 可数

    Her search for decent home-made winter clothes came up with zilch, so she had to get imported stuff.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.

    美国 非正式 体育
adj.
  1. 1.

    No, zero, non-existent.

    美国 非正式

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

nothing zero zip cipher naught nil nix null aught zippo

下位词 4

bugger all Fanny Adams fuck all nihil

词源

Probably from Joe Zilch, a placeholder name (compare John Doe) used by Nunnally Johnson in his column in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from 1923; in turn from Joe Zilch, an unseen character referenced in comedian Frank Tinney's stage routine. Compare the rare German surname Zilch.

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