not know diddlysquat about sth
He doesn't know diddlysquat about fixing cars.
他对修车根本一窍不通。
一丁点;微不足道的东西
多用于口语,常与not连用,表示“什么也没有”。
a small worthless amount
After waiting an hour, the boss said our hard work was worth diddlysquat.
等了一个小时后,老板说我们的辛苦工作毫无价值。
用法提示:名词 diddlysquat 作表语,表示‘一丁点价值’,强调没有任何价值。
You may think you know everything, but you actually know diddlysquat about this town.
你可能觉得自己什么都懂,但实际上你对这个镇子一窍不通。
用法提示:名词 diddlysquat 作宾语,表示‘一丁点’知识,强调对某事几乎一无所知。
We argued all afternoon, but in the end the meeting accomplished diddlysquat.
我们争论了一下午,但最后这次会议什么成果都没有。
用法提示:名词 diddlysquat 作宾语,表示‘微不足道的结果’,强调毫无进展或收获。
He doesn't know diddlysquat about fixing cars.
他对修车根本一窍不通。
该词常用于否定句或隐含否定意义。
She did diddlysquat to help with the project.
她根本没帮上项目的忙。
I got diddlysquat out of that boring lecture.
那场无聊的讲座我一点收获都没有。
grammar · medium
易错句子I diddlysquatted all day.
正确表达I did nothing all day.
diddlysquat 是名词,意为'什么也没有',不能用作动词。应使用 do nothing 表达'什么都没做'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He knows a diddlysquat about it.
正确表达He knows diddlysquat about it.
diddlysquat 本身含有否定意义,表示'什么也没有',不需要不定冠词 a。直接用于肯定句即表达否定含义。
两者都是名词,表示没有;但'diddlysquat'是俚语,'squat'常用于否定结构中。
两者都表示‘没有’,但'zip'更强调数量为零,而'diddlysquat'强调毫无价值。
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