zero
英 [ˈzɪərəʊ]
美 [ˈzɪroʊ]
num. 零; (气温、压力等的)零度，零点; 最少量; 最低点; 最低程度; 毫无
v. 将(仪器、控制装置等)调到零
复数：zeros 现在分词：zeroing 过去式：zeroed 第三人称单数：zeroes 过去分词：zeroed
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4296 / COCA.4886
同义词辨析
zeron. 零；零度；零点；零分
〔辨析〕
普通用词，一般用于表示数字、数量、刻度、比分、电话号码等；表示概率、程度等时，常指微乎其微或根本没有。
〔例证〕
If x is zero, y must be 2.
如果x为零，y肯定是2。
It was 18 degrees below zero.
气温是零下18度。
We won the football game with a score of 4 to zero.
我们以4比0的比分赢得了这场足球比赛。
My chances of winning are almost zero.
我获胜的机会几乎为零。
如果x为零，y肯定是2。
It was 18 degrees below zero.
气温是零下18度。
We won the football game with a score of 4 to zero.
我们以4比0的比分赢得了这场足球比赛。
My chances of winning are almost zero.
我获胜的机会几乎为零。
ciphern. 〈文〉零；不重要的人
〔辨析〕
指数字0或0至9的任何一个阿拉伯数字，强调数字概念；引申则指无足轻重的人。
〔例证〕
reliable ciphers
可靠性数字
223344 is a number of 6 ciphers.
223344是一个6位数。
One followed by two ciphers is 100.
1的后面跟两个0是100。
He's a mere cipher in the committee.
他在委员会里不过是个无名小卒。
可靠性数字
223344 is a number of 6 ciphers.
223344是一个6位数。
One followed by two ciphers is 100.
1的后面跟两个0是100。
He's a mere cipher in the committee.
他在委员会里不过是个无名小卒。
niln. 〈英〉零；无
〔辨析〕
多指体育比赛中的比分，或用于认知、价值等程度，常可与 zero 换用。
〔例证〕
Our team won by three goals to nil/zero.
我们队以3比0获胜。
His knowledge of the subject is practically nil/zero.
他在这方面的知识几乎是零。
Their new device reduced labour costs to almost nil/zero.
他们的新装置把劳动成本几乎降为零。
我们队以3比0获胜。
His knowledge of the subject is practically nil/zero.
他在这方面的知识几乎是零。
Their new device reduced labour costs to almost nil/zero.
他们的新装置把劳动成本几乎降为零。
noughtn. 〈英〉零
〔辨析〕
强调数字概念，可与cipher换用；在数字读法上与 zero 相同，可换用。
〔例证〕
nought/zero point one/two three etc.
0.1/0.23等
A million is 1 with six noughts/ciphers after it.
一百万是一后面加六个零。
0.1/0.23等
A million is 1 with six noughts/ciphers after it.
一百万是一后面加六个零。
短语动词
zero in on
1. 瞄准（目标）；向…移动 2. 全神贯注于（问题或主题）
短语用例
zero in on sb/sth
- 集中全部注意力于
to fix all your attention on the person or thing mentioned- Five, four, three, two, one, zero… We have lift-off.
五、四、三、二、一、零… 我们升空了。
- Five, four, three, two, one, zero… We have lift-off.
- （用枪炮等）瞄准
to aim guns, etc. at the person or thing mentioned- It was ten degrees below zero last night (= –10˚C) .
昨天夜里的气温是零下10摄氏度。 - The thermometer had fallen to zero.
温度计显示温度降到了零度。
- It was ten degrees below zero last night (= –10˚C) .
牛津词典
number
- 零
0- Five, four, three, two, one, zero… We have lift-off.
五、四、三、二、一、零… 我们升空了。
- Five, four, three, two, one, zero… We have lift-off.
- （气温、压力等的）零度，零点
a temperature, pressure, etc. that is equal to zero on a scale- It was ten degrees below zero last night (= –10˚C) .
昨天夜里的气温是零下10摄氏度。 - The thermometer had fallen to zero.
温度计显示温度降到了零度。
- It was ten degrees below zero last night (= –10˚C) .
- 最少量；最低点；最低程度；毫无
the lowest possible amount or level; nothing at all- I rated my chances as zero.
我觉得我根本没有机会。 - zero inflation
零通胀
- I rated my chances as zero.
verb
- 将（仪器、控制装置等）调到零
to turn an instrument, control, etc. to zero
柯林斯词典
- NUM （数字）0
Zerois the number 0.- Visibility at the city's airport came down to zero, bringing air traffic to a standstill.
该市机场的能见度降为零，空中交通陷入了停顿。 - ...a scale ranging from zero to seven.
从0到7的范围
- Visibility at the city's airport came down to zero, bringing air traffic to a standstill.
- N-UNCOUNT （气温的）零度
Zerois a temperature of 0˚. It is freezing point on the Centigrade and Celsius scales, and 32˚ below freezing point on the Fahrenheit scale.- It's a sunny late winter day, just a few degrees above zero...
那是晚冬阳光明媚的一天，温度只有零上几度。 - That night the mercury fell to thirty degrees below zero.
那天晚上温度计显示气温降到了零下30度。
- It's a sunny late winter day, just a few degrees above zero...
- ADJ 毫无;没有
You can usezeroto say that there is none at all of the thing mentioned.- This new ministry was being created with zero assets and zero liabilities.
这个新部委正在筹建，既无资产也无负债。 - ...zero inflation...
零通货膨胀率 - His chances are zero.
他毫无机会。
- This new ministry was being created with zero assets and zero liabilities.
As a number,zerois used mainly in scientific contexts, or when you want to be precise. In spoken British English,noughtis much more common....from nought to 60 in a fraction of one second.However, when you are stating a telephone number, you sayo(/əʊ/). In some sports contexts, especially in football scores,nilis used.England beat Poland two-nil at Wembley.In tennis,loveis the usual word....a two-games-to-love lead.
zero作为数字，主要用于科学语境中，或表示精确。在英国口语中更常使用nought：from nought to 60 in a fraction of one second（瞬间从0到60）。但是在说到电话号码时用o(/əʊ/)。在某些谈及体育的语境，尤其是谈及足球比赛的得分时用nil：England beat Poland two-nil at Wembley （英格兰队在温布利以2比0战胜波兰队）。网球比赛中通常使用love：a two-games-to-love lead （先胜两局处于领先）。
英英释义
noun
- the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
- the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
- a quantity of no importance
- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
- reduced to nil all the work we had done
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
- it was all for naught
- I didn't hear zilch about it
- 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
- adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
adj
- indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
- a zero score
- indicating an initial point or origin
- of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
双语例句
- Have you decreased the reactive power to zero?
您将无功负荷将为零了吗？ - His chances are zero.
他毫无机会。 - The fuel gauge reads below zero.
燃油表显示油量在零以下。 - One minus one is zero
1减1等于0。 - Like any other set, this result can have zero, one, or more members.
和其他任何集合一样，其中可能有零个、一个或多个成员。 - Water becomes solid when the temperature goes down to zero.
温度降到零度，水就变成了固体。 - Amongst the population at large the support for the present regime is virtually zero.
在一般大众中，支持现政权的人数几乎是零。 - The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten
患者按十分制给这些治疗方法打分。 - The ( atmospheric) temperature has fallen ( or gone) below zero.
气温降至零度以下。 - Such a zero sum economy breeds disaffection and despair.
这种零和经济为不满和绝望提供了温床。