zilch
发音
How to pronounce zilch in British English:
英 [zɪltʃ]
How to pronounce zilch in American English:
美 [zɪltʃ]
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- Noun:
- a quantity of no importance
单词词源
- zilch (n.)
- "nothing," 1957; "insignificant person," 1933, from use of Zilch as a generic comical-sounding surname for an insignificant person (especially Joe Zilch). There was a Mr. Zilch (1931), comic character in the magazine "Ballyhoo," and the use perhaps originated c. 1922 in U.S. college or theater slang. Probably a nonsense syllable, suggestive of the end of the alphabet, but Zilch is an actual German surname of Slavic origin. The [Cadence] agency aims to have each album cover actually promote the record, on the theory that "the day of pretty, boffy, zoomy and zingy covers for the sake of zilch is no more." ["Billboard," Oct. 28, 1957]
双语例句
- 1. We 've had zilch success so far .
- 2. Most importantly , zilch capital used to refer to itself as a " hedge fund " but 2008 made it embarrassingly clear we didn 't know how to hedge .
- 3. Ba is leading the field in begging workers to volunteer to work for zilch , while other employers are begging their workers to stay at home and loaf about and is paying them pocket money for the privilege .
- 4. Yet this is what nancy lublin , one of america 's most successful non-profit leaders , proposes in a new book , " zilch : the power of zero in business . "