Naught means nothing: not a thing, zero. Young people almost never say this word in ordinary talk. They say nothing, or zero. You meet naught in books, old poems, and a few set phrases that are still alive.

Naught naught means nothing意思是「什麼都沒有」 not a thing, zero也就是不是任何東西、零 Young people年輕人 almost never say this word in ordinary talk在日常對話裡幾乎不會說這個字 They say nothing, or zero他們會說nothing，或zero You meet naught你會在naught in books, old poems書、老詩裡遇到naught and a few set phrases that are still alive還有一些現在還在用的固定用法

The one you will see most is all for naught: you did the work, but you got nothing back. Come to naught means a plan failed and ended as nothing.

The one you will see most你最常看到的 is all for naught是all for naught（一切都白費了） you did the work你做了那些事 but you got nothing back但什麼回報都沒得到 Come to naught come to naught（化為烏有） means a plan failed and ended as nothing意思是計畫失敗了，最後什麼都沒剩下

Though actually, British English often writes this as nought, especially for the number 0 (nought point five for 0.5). Naught and nought are the same old word with two spellings, and many writers treat them as one. The word is not rude. It just sounds like a storybook, not like a phone message.

Though actually不過其實 British English often writes this as nought英式英文常常寫成nought especially for the number 0尤其是講數字0的時候 (nought point five for 0.5)（像0.5會說nought point five） Naught and nought naught和nought are the same old word with two spellings是同一個老字的兩種拼法 and many writers treat them as one很多作者也把它們當成同一個字用 The word is not rude這個字不粗魯 It just sounds like a storybook它只是聽起來像故事書裡的話 not like a phone message而不像是傳訊息會用的口氣