Как по Английски будет ничтожество

verb

Put (something) down gently or carefully.

Примеры использования:

She laid the baby in his cot

noun

Used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g. ‘lay the blame on’ means ‘to blame’.

Примеры использования:

She laid great stress on little courtesies

adjective

Not ordained into or belonging to the clergy.

Примеры использования:

A lay preacher

noun

Archaic term for nought.

pronoun

Variant spelling of aught1.

modal verb

Used to indicate duty or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions.

Примеры использования:

They ought to respect the law

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Примеры использования:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Примеры использования:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Примеры использования:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

noun

A dead body.

Примеры использования:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Примеры использования:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Примеры использования:

A stiff black collar

noun

Stony waste matter separated from metals during the smelting or refining of ore.

Примеры использования:

The burning liquid iron was forming a scum of slag

verb

Criticize (someone) in an abusive and insulting manner.

Примеры использования:

The film has been slagged by many critics for its improbable plot

noun

Stony waste matter separated from metals during the smelting or refining of ore.

Примеры использования:

The burning liquid iron was forming a scum of slag

verb

Criticize (someone) in an abusive and insulting manner.

Примеры использования:

The film has been slagged by many critics for its improbable plot

noun

A small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings.

Примеры использования:

Insect pests

noun

A small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings.

Примеры использования:

Insect pests

noun

A thing of little value or importance.

Примеры использования:

We needn't trouble the headmaster over such trifles

verb

Treat without seriousness or respect.

Примеры использования:

He is not a man to be trifled with

noun

A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.

Примеры использования:

He wrote cryptic notes in a cipher

verb

Put (a message) into secret writing; encode.

Примеры использования:

He left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding

noun

A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.

Примеры использования:

He wrote cryptic notes in a cipher

verb

Put (a message) into secret writing; encode.

Примеры использования:

He left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding

pronoun

Nothing.

Примеры использования:

He's naught but a worthless fool

noun

The digit 0; nought.

Примеры использования:

It is a series of numbers, hyphens, naughts, strokes, and zeds.

noun

The digit 0; nought.

Примеры использования:

It is a series of numbers, hyphens, naughts, strokes, and zeds.

pronoun

Nothing.

Примеры использования:

He's naught but a worthless fool

noun

The digit 0; zero.

Примеры использования:

It will accelerate from nought to 60 in something over three seconds

pronoun

Nothing.

Примеры использования:

The plans came to nought

noun

The digit 0; zero.

Примеры использования:

It will accelerate from nought to 60 in something over three seconds

pronoun

Nothing.

Примеры использования:

The plans came to nought

number

→  naught old use or literary

noun

Something that is very small.

Примеры использования:

They were pygmies compared to the current satellites

adjective

Used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily.

Примеры использования:

Moreover, some predators of pygmy swordtails (x. nigrensis) also exhibit a bias for the sword.

noun

Something that is very small.

Примеры использования:

They were pygmies compared to the current satellites

adjective

Used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily.

Примеры использования:

Moreover, some predators of pygmy swordtails (x. nigrensis) also exhibit a bias for the sword.

verb

Make a small hole in (something) with a sharp point; pierce slightly.

Примеры использования:

Prick the potatoes with a fork

noun

An act of piercing something with a sharp point.

Примеры использования:

The pin prick had produced a drop of blood

verb

Make a small hole in (something) with a sharp point; pierce slightly.

Примеры использования:

Prick the potatoes with a fork

noun

An act of piercing something with a sharp point.

Примеры использования:

The pin prick had produced a drop of blood

noun

A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.

Примеры использования:

He wrote cryptic notes in a cipher

verb

Put (a message) into secret writing; encode.

Примеры использования:

He left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding

verb

A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.

Примеры использования:

He wrote cryptic notes in a cipher

noun

Another spelling of cipher

noun

Something that is very small.

Примеры использования:

They were pygmies compared to the current satellites

adjective

Used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily.

Примеры использования:

Moreover, some predators of pygmy swordtails (x. nigrensis) also exhibit a bias for the sword.

noun

Something that is very small.

Примеры использования:

They were pygmies compared to the current satellites

adjective

Used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily.

Примеры использования:

Moreover, some predators of pygmy swordtails (x. nigrensis) also exhibit a bias for the sword.

noun

A foolish or contemptible person.

Примеры использования:

You've really got to be some schmuck to fall for that one

noun

A foolish or contemptible person.

Примеры использования:

You've really got to be some schmuck to fall for that one

adjective

Of little value or significance; petty.

Примеры использования:

The picayune squabbling of party politicians

noun

A small coin of little value, especially a 5-cent piece.

Примеры использования:

While still agonizing over this traumatic separation, he is approached by a white man who offers hi…

noun

A small coin of little value, especially a 5-cent piece.

Примеры использования:

While still agonizing over this traumatic separation, he is approached by a white man who offers hi…

adjective

Of little value or significance; petty.

Примеры использования:

The picayune squabbling of party politicians

noun

A silly or foolish person (often as a general term of abuse).

Примеры использования:

I want nothing to do with that bunch of nitwits!

noun

A silly or foolish person (often as a general term of abuse).

Примеры использования:

I want nothing to do with that bunch of nitwits!

noun

An act or thing that is legally void.

Примеры использования:

It is submitted that the certificates of default on the two recognizances in question are nullities…

noun

The absence or cessation of life or existence.

Примеры использования:

The fear of the total nothingness of death

noun

Another term for spillikin.

noun

A hard-wearing cotton fabric woven with stripes or checks.

Примеры использования:

A nightcap in white dimity edged with lace

noun

A worthless person.

Примеры использования:

We hear him through the night ranting and raving in his sleep: ‘fie, losels and liars, knaves every…

adjective

Good-for-nothing; worthless.

noun

A worthless person.

Примеры использования:

We hear him through the night ranting and raving in his sleep: ‘fie, losels and liars, knaves every…

adjective

Good-for-nothing; worthless.

noun

Non-existence; nothingness.

Примеры использования:

Even the scientist, as an individual human being, may come face to face with nihility opening up to…

pronoun

No person; no one.

Примеры использования:

Nobody was at home

noun

A person of no importance or authority.

Примеры использования:

They went from nobodies to superstars

noun

A person of no importance or authority.

Примеры использования:

They went from nobodies to superstars

pronoun

No person; no one.

Примеры использования:

Nobody was at home

noun

An act or thing that is legally void.

Примеры использования:

It is submitted that the certificates of default on the two recognizances in question are nullities…

noun

A person or thing with no special or interesting qualities; an unimportant person or thing.

Примеры использования:

A political nonentity

noun

An unexpectedly dull or insignificant event or occasion.

Примеры использования:

Despite the pre-match publicity, the contest turned out to be a non-event

noun

Also with capital initial. = "nihilism".

noun

A nihilist.

adjective

(of an amount) very small or meagre.

Примеры использования:

She would earn a paltry £33 more a month

noun

A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.

Примеры использования:

I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!

noun

A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.

Примеры использования:

I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!