Zero
['zɪərəʊ] or ['zɪro]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing.
(noun.) the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured.
(noun.) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.
(verb.) adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); 'He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards'.
(verb.) adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value.
(adj.) indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; 'a zero score' .
(adj.) indicating an initial point or origin .
(adj.) of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) .
(adj.) having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; 'the goal is zero population growth' .
手打:谢莉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A cipher; nothing; naught.
(n.) The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
(n.) Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.
克劳德整理
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Naught, nought, nothing, cipher.
手打:特伦斯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Naught, cipher, nothing
ANT:Something, an_existence, creature
塞西尔手打
解釋/意思:
n. cipher: nothing: the point from which the reckoning begins on scales such as those of the barometer &c.
黛博拉校對
娱乐性解釋/意思:
Originally, nothing; but now meaning a good deal on a thermometer or bank-draft, and comprising two-thirds of the 400.
手打:奈杰尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Nobody got enough to eat; the bedclothes were too short and too thin; it was 28 degrees below zero, and the wash-water was frozen solid. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- If the magnet is allowed to remain at rest within the coil, the needle returns to its zero position, showing that the current has ceased. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- If one square inch of platina be heated to 100 degrees it will fall to, say, zero in one second, whereas, if it was at 200 degrees it would require two seconds. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Adams was laid off, and as his financial resources had reached absolute zero centigrade, I undertook to let him sleep in my hall bedroom. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- By repeating this operation the final temperature of 372° below zero is reached, at which the air liquifies. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The strip, A, is first put under a slight pressure, deflecting the needle a few degrees from zero. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
校對:奥利弗