nil

名词 n. 限定词 det.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Nothing; zero. uncountable,usually
    — Sedatives, contrary to popular lay and medical opinion, are invaluable in those who are not aided by the simpler means. Bromides, barbital and its innumerable offspring may be used with success, their administration being supplemented with a word of warning as to the evasion of any advice from the community grandmothers contrary to its use. The danger of forming a habit is to my mind nil, except in the few instances in which patients have felt that if a little is good more is better. The necessity for not advising the patient of the nature of the remedy, except that it is not a “dope,” is obvious. An alternation of remedies is advisable in long standing cases, and its practice never reveals any tendency to habit formation.
  2. A score of zero uncountable,usually
    — The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.
限定词 det.
  1. No, not any.
    — But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.

词形变化

nils plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nilable niladic nil by mouth nil disease nilium nillionaire nilmanifold nil per os nilpotent nilprogression nilradical nilsequence nilsoliton

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See
nihilism, nihility.
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See
nihilism, nihility.
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