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pronounnɪksnɪks informal Nothing. 无，没有东西 除了那，什么也没有。 Example sentencesExamples - Apparently their trade value had sunk to nil, nix, nothing at all.
- The South Americans have enjoyed way the greater possession but have done nix with it.
- He has got the point of what the administration could have done to prevent the attacks - nix.
- Already I have two people signed up beneath me and one of them has recruited, but I have nix, nada, zip in the way of genuine customers.
- The Australians were able to pull down intellectual property information from the Internet and print it for nix.
exclamation nɪksnɪks informal Expressing denial or refusal. （表示否认，拒绝）没有；不行 ‘I owe you some money,’ ‘Nix, nix.’
verb nɪksnɪks [with object]North American informal Put an end to; cancel. 结束；取消 he nixed the deal just before it was to be signed 就在签约前他取消了那笔交易。 Example sentencesExamples - Could it be a little well-timed revenge for the court's nixing his wife's plea agreement?
- That means nixing his more loyal lieutenants in favor of Christopher.
- The Commission's proposals also nix the possibility of computerizing a method or technique that was already known or the computer implementation of a business of similar method.
- He left the company shortly after the sale was nixed.
- Plans to construct the largest US embassy in the world in Baghdad should be nixed immediately, and we should lease space or purchase an existing building.
- So before your workouts, nix the stretching and instead do light cardio for 10 minutes.
- And that's what makes nixing the negative behavior so hard.
- The voices of reason (that's you guys) were pretty much in favor of nixing the hamster/gerbil idea.
- Bell's regulatory guys told me it was not Texas that nixed the deal.
- The UN and the Saudis had lined up several countries to contribute troops, and the interim Iraqi government was on board - but the deal was nixed at the last minute by the Americans.
- No wait, nix that, I'm already about to be reminded what I had for lunch.
- He said he had wanted to ask me out on a date when he was between marriages, but nixed the idea because my job made me too intimidating.
- In fact, there's a rumor that the former president wanted to include his favorite sweet, a fresh, cream-filled cupcake, but the idea was nixed by Hillary.
- Now's the time to refine yourself, perhaps by nixing the gossip.
- There were three boxes of juvenile cereals, and she'd nixed each one.
- It had hoped that by firmly nixing the treaty, it would force everyone back to the drawing board to negotiate a new approach.
- There were no quiet sighs of relief when the deal was nixed?
- But the city nixed both ideas, which sent everybody back to the drawing board.
- It also nixed another ad promoting vegetarianism.
- Nothing demonstrates the continuing leftward tilt in the Democratic Party more clearly than the makeup of the new City Council, which will negotiate budgets with the mayor and pass or nix his legislation.
Synonyms wreck, ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, upset, play havoc with, make a mess of, put an end to, end, bring to an end, put a stop to, terminate, prevent, frustrate, blight, crush, quell, quash, dash, scotch, shatter, vitiate, blast, devastate, demolish, sabotage, torpedo
OriginLate 18th century (as a noun): from German, colloquial variant of nichts 'nothing'. Rhymesadmix, affix, commix, fix, Hicks, intermix, MI6, mix, Nyx, pix, Pnyx, prix fixe, pyx, Ricks, six, Styx, transfix, Wicks nounFeminine nixie nɪksnɪks rare A water sprite. 〈罕〉水妖，水鬼 Example sentencesExamples - She finds him dragged down into the depths by sea-creatures who are an amalgam of classical nereides and the malicious nixies and mermaids of northern folklore.
- The three most common are the grigs, nixies and pixies.
- Langgaard, apparently was inspired by the legend of nixes, male sirens of the woodland, if you will, who lure travelers to a watery death with their violin-playing.
Synonyms sprite, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, puck
OriginMid 19th century: from German; related to the archaic English word nicker, denoting a water demon believed to live in the sea. exclamationnɪksnɪks British dated, informal Used as a signal or warning that a person in authority is approaching. 〈英，非正式，旧〉 用作信号或警示当心（上司来临）
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps from the phrase keep nix 'to watch, guard' (see nix1). pronounnɪksniks informal Nothing. 无，没有东西 除了那，什么也没有。 Example sentencesExamples - Apparently their trade value had sunk to nil, nix, nothing at all.
- The Australians were able to pull down intellectual property information from the Internet and print it for nix.
- He has got the point of what the administration could have done to prevent the attacks - nix.
- The South Americans have enjoyed way the greater possession but have done nix with it.
- Already I have two people signed up beneath me and one of them has recruited, but I have nix, nada, zip in the way of genuine customers.
exclamationnɪksniks informal Expressing denial or refusal. （表示否认，拒绝）没有；不行 “I owe you some money.” “Nix, nix.”
verbnɪksniks [with object]North American informal Put an end to; cancel. 结束；取消 he nixed the deal just before it was to be signed 就在签约前他取消了那笔交易。 Example sentencesExamples - The Commission's proposals also nix the possibility of computerizing a method or technique that was already known or the computer implementation of a business of similar method.
- That means nixing his more loyal lieutenants in favor of Christopher.
- Could it be a little well-timed revenge for the court's nixing his wife's plea agreement?
- Now's the time to refine yourself, perhaps by nixing the gossip.
- The voices of reason (that's you guys) were pretty much in favor of nixing the hamster/gerbil idea.
- He said he had wanted to ask me out on a date when he was between marriages, but nixed the idea because my job made me too intimidating.
- And that's what makes nixing the negative behavior so hard.
- In fact, there's a rumor that the former president wanted to include his favorite sweet, a fresh, cream-filled cupcake, but the idea was nixed by Hillary.
- He left the company shortly after the sale was nixed.
- There were three boxes of juvenile cereals, and she'd nixed each one.
- Nothing demonstrates the continuing leftward tilt in the Democratic Party more clearly than the makeup of the new City Council, which will negotiate budgets with the mayor and pass or nix his legislation.
- So before your workouts, nix the stretching and instead do light cardio for 10 minutes.
- The UN and the Saudis had lined up several countries to contribute troops, and the interim Iraqi government was on board - but the deal was nixed at the last minute by the Americans.
- It had hoped that by firmly nixing the treaty, it would force everyone back to the drawing board to negotiate a new approach.
- Bell's regulatory guys told me it was not Texas that nixed the deal.
- It also nixed another ad promoting vegetarianism.
- No wait, nix that, I'm already about to be reminded what I had for lunch.
- There were no quiet sighs of relief when the deal was nixed?
- But the city nixed both ideas, which sent everybody back to the drawing board.
- Plans to construct the largest US embassy in the world in Baghdad should be nixed immediately, and we should lease space or purchase an existing building.
Synonyms wreck, ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, upset, play havoc with, make a mess of, put an end to, end, bring to an end, put a stop to, terminate, prevent, frustrate, blight, crush, quell, quash, dash, scotch, shatter, vitiate, blast, devastate, demolish, sabotage, torpedo
OriginLate 18th century (as a noun): from German, colloquial variant of nichts ‘nothing’. nounnɪksniks rare (in Germanic mythology) a water sprite. Example sentencesExamples - The three most common are the grigs, nixies and pixies.
- Langgaard, apparently was inspired by the legend of nixes, male sirens of the woodland, if you will, who lure travelers to a watery death with their violin-playing.
- She finds him dragged down into the depths by sea-creatures who are an amalgam of classical nereides and the malicious nixies and mermaids of northern folklore.
Synonyms sprite, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, puck
OriginMid 19th century: from German; related to the archaic English word nicker, denoting a water demon believed to live in the sea. exclamationnɪksniks British dated, informal Used as a signal or warning that a person in authority is approaching. 〈英，非正式，旧〉 用作信号或警示当心（上司来临）
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps from the phrase keep nix ‘to watch, guard’ (see nix). |