zilch的意思

zilch

基本解释

n. 零，无；无价值之物；小人物

n. (Zilch)人名；(德)齐尔希

zilch 小人物，零

词源不确定，或来自Mr Zilch，漫画小说中不重要的角色，可能是模仿支支吾吾的声音创造出来的人名，引申词义小人物，零等。

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]

4. The team's morale fell to zilch owing to the unexpected defeat.: 由于这次出乎意料的失利,球队的士气低落到极点.