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get a goose egg
get 可以用其他表示获得的动词替换，如 receive, have。
He got a goose egg on the final exam.
他期末考试得了零分。
零；鸭蛋
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零；鸭蛋
a quantity of no importance (often meaning zero, especially in sports scores)
He got a goose egg on the final exam.
他期末考试得了零分。
无关紧要的数量
a quantity of no importance
I got a goose egg on my math test.
我数学考试得了零分。
The final score was three to nothing, a goose egg for the home team.
最终比分是三比零，主队得了零分。
After the review, they gave the project a goose egg for lack of originality.
评审之后，他们因为缺乏原创性给这个项目打了零分。
get 可以用其他表示获得的动词替换，如 receive, have。
He got a goose egg on the final exam.
他期末考试得了零分。
The team ended up with a goose egg in the first half.
该队上半场一分未得。
Not this
我在考试中得了一个鹅蛋。
Use this
我在考试中得了零分。
汉语中没有用“鹅蛋”表示零分的习惯；“goose egg”是英语中专指零分的俚语，应直接译为“零分”或“鸭蛋”。
Not this
He got goose egg in the test.
Use this
He got a goose egg in the test.
“goose egg”是可数名词单数，前面缺少不定冠词“a”会导致语法错误，必须加冠词才能表示“一个零分”。
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非正式用语，指零分
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