"nothing, none," 1789, from German nix, dialectal variant of nichts "nothing," from Middle High German nihtes, from genitive of niht, nit "nothing," from Old High German niwiht, from ni, ne "no" (see un-) + wiht "thing, creature" (compare naught).
nix (v.)
"cancel, refuse, forbid," 1903, from nix (n.). Related: Nixed; nixing.
雙語例句
1. Father said nix on our plan.
父親不同意我們的計劃.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
2. He worked for nix.
他工作不取報酬.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. It cost me absolutely nix.
我一分錢沒花.
來自辭典例句
4. It must be you or nix.
不是你才怪呢.
來自辭典例句
5. I suppose mom will say nix to us going to the movies.