informal <非正式>
- nothing无, 没有东西:
apart from that, nix.
除了那, 什么也没有。
- expressing denial or refusal(表示否认, 拒绝)没有; 不行。
with obj.
- 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。
词源
late 18th cent. (as a noun): from German, colloquial variant of nichts 'nothing'.
词源
mid 19th cent.: from German; related to the archaic English word nicker, denoting a water demon believed to live in the sea.
- Brit. informal, dated 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)。
词源
mid 19th cent.: perhaps from the phrase keep nix 'to watch, guard' (see NIX1).