zilch
英 [z?lt?]
美
- n. 零，無(wú)；無(wú)價(jià)值之物；小人物
- n. (Zilch)人名；(德)齊爾希
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
zilch 小人物，零
詞源不確定，或來(lái)自Mr Zilch，漫畫(huà)小說(shuō)中不重要的角色，可能是模仿支支吾吾的聲音創(chuàng)造出來(lái)的人名，引申詞義小人物，零等。
英文詞源
- zilch (n.)
- "nothing," 1957; "insignificant person," 1933, from use of Zilch as a generic comical-sounding surname for an insignificant person (especially Joe Zilch). There was a Mr. Zilch (1931), comic character in the magazine "Ballyhoo," and the use perhaps originated c. 1922 in U.S. college or theater slang. Probably a nonsense syllable, suggestive of the end of the alphabet, but Zilch is an actual German surname of Slavic origin.
The [Cadence] agency aims to have each album cover actually promote the record, on the theory that "the day of pretty, boffy, zoomy and zingy covers for the sake of zilch is no more." ["Billboard," Oct. 28, 1957]
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. At the moment these shares are worth zilch.
- 現(xiàn)在這些股票一文不值。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Nothing's happened Connie. Zilch.
- 什么事都沒(méi)有發(fā)生，康妮。一點(diǎn)事都沒(méi)有。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. I arrived in this country with zilch.
- 我來(lái)到這個(gè)國(guó)家時(shí)身上一無(wú)所有。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The team's morale fell to zilch owing to the unexpected defeat.
- 由于這次出乎意料的失利,球隊(duì)的士氣低落到極點(diǎn).
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. I didn't hear zilch about it.
- 我絲毫沒(méi)有聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò).
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)