nowt

名词 n. 副词 adv. 代词 pron.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Naught, nothing. Northern-England,uncountable
  2. An ox. Northern-England,Scotland
  3. A person of no importance; a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well. Yorkshire,uncountable
    — Bud yah're a nowt, and it's no use talking - yah'll niver mend o'yer ill ways, but goa raight to t' divil, like yer mother afore ye!
  4. A herd of cattle. Northern-England,Scotland
  5. A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn. Northern-England,Scotland,figuratively
    — A hunner guineas for the heid o' that nowt Renwick, and him no' sae very far awa' frae your very nose at this meenit.
副词 adv.
  1. Naught, nothing. Northern-England,not-comparable
代词 pron.
  1. Naught, nothing. Northern-England
    — Today I have achieved absolutely nowt / In just being out of the house, I've lost out

词形变化

nowts plural nolt alternative,dialectal,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
owt
衍生词
shy bairns get nowt there's nowt so queer as folk you don't get owt for nowt

词源

词源 1
Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to West Frisian neat (“nothing”), German nichts (“nothing”).
词源 2
From Middle English nowte, noute, nawte, naute, borrowed from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with Old English nēat, English neat.
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