/nɔ:t; nɔt/
n
1 the figure
0 零; 0
*write three noughts on the blackboard 在黑板上写三个0
* nought point one (0.1) 零点一（0.1）. =>App
4 见附录4.
2 (also naught) (arch 古) nothing 无; 无物
*His crime has gained him naught. 他既犯了罪又一无所获.

NOTE ON USAGE 用法
*The figure
0 has several different names in British English. 在英式英语中0这一数字有几个名称.
1 In speaking about temperature and in the language of science zero is used 说到温度时以及在科学术语中用zero
*The temperature rarely falls below zero here. 这里的温度很少降到0度以下.
2 Nought is commonly used when referring to the figure
0 as part of a number *nought一般用作数字中的0
*A million is
1 followed by six noughts (1000000). 一百万是1後面有六个0（1000000）.
3 When reading a telephone or bank account number (ie when the number does not represent a quantity) we say the letter `O'/ EU; o/ 读电话号码或银行帐号（即该数字不表示量）时, 将0读作字母O的名称
*The account number is 0-two-0-four-three-eight-one(0204381). 该帐号是/ EU-tu
*-EU-fR
*-Wri:-eIt-wQn; o-tu-o-fRr-Wri-et-wQn/ (0204381).
* Their phone number is four-seven-double 0-five (47005). 他们的电话号码是/ fR:-`sevn-`dQbl EU-faIv; fRr-`sZvn-`dQblo-faIv/ (47005).
4 In reporting the score in a team game we use nil or nothing 说分队比赛项目的比分时, 用nil或nothing表示0
*The final score was three nil/nothing (3-0). 最後比分是三比零（3-0）.
* Wales won 28-nil. 威尔士队以28比0获胜. In US English zero is commonly used in all these cases. 在上述情况下, 美式英语一概用zero表示0.

number
BrE the number 0
= zero
　A billion is 1 with 9 noughts after it.
nought point one/two/three etc
(=0.1, 0.2 etc)
old use used in some expressions to mean nothing
　Peace negotiations came to nought (=were not successful) .