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Nowt means “nothing”. It is a spoken word from the north of England — Yorkshire, Lancashire, and nearby. You hear it in sentences like “I heard nowt” (I heard nothing) or the old saying “There’s nowt so queer as folk” (people are stranger than anything). It is friendly and informal, never a word for an essay. Southern British English and American English do not use it, except when someone is copying a northern voice. Though actually it is the same old word as nought or naught, just said the northern way.
什麼都沒有(英國北部口語,等於 nothing)
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
nowtpron詞源 1/naʊt/
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Naught, nothing.
- Today I have achieved absolutely nowt / In just being out of the house, I've lost out
nowtnoun詞源 1/naʊt/
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Naught, nothing.
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A person of no importance; a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well.
- 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!
- ... and great hectoring nowts like yond' Irish Peter, Helstone's curate.
nowtadv詞源 1/naʊt/
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Naught, nothing.
nowtnoun詞源 2/naʊt/
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An ox.
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A herd of cattle.
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A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.
- A hunner guineas for the heid o' that nowt Renwick, and him no' sae very far awa' frae your very nose at this meenit.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。