数 zero，zero sign ，nought，nil；形 odd，fractional，part；动 （枯萎而落下） wither and fall；名 （姓氏） a surname ；

[例句] 到1973年，这一差距已缩小到几乎为零。 By 1973, this gap had narrowed almost to vanishing point.

[例句] 利润从1981年的零收益飙升至去年的1,600万。 Profits zoomed from nil in 1981 to about 16 million last year.

null point，zero end，zero point，zero ；

[例句] 首先考虑地面零点顺风方向22哩的位置. Consider, first, a location 22 miles downwind from ground zero.

[例句] 这个运动的能量叫做零点能. The energy associated with this motion is called the zero - point energy.

fragmentary，odd，a small amount，a little ；

[例句] 他只能零星地听懂一两个单词。 He could only understand a word here and there.

[例句] 他们零星散居在安第斯山脉的高处。 They live high in the Andes, in small and dispersed groups.

retail，sell retail ；

[例句] 今天的零售物价指数显示通货膨胀率为10.9％。 Today's RPI figure shows inflation running at 10.9 per cent.

[例句] 从“美体小铺”传来的消息令整个零售行业不安。 The news from Body Shop rattled the rest of the retail sector.

[工] part，element，detail，component，accessory ；

[例句] 该公路货运公司负责将机械零件运往土耳其。 The haulage company was a carrier of machine parts to Turkey.

[例句] 他厉行节约地把这台机器的各种零件放进仔细标记的盒子里收好。 He frugally saved various bits of the machine in carefully marked boxes.

（凋谢零落） withered, fallen and scattered about，withered ；

[例句] 泛白凋零的玫瑰从蓝色的花瓶里耷拉下来。 Pale wilting roses drooped from a blue vase.

[例句] 玫瑰再艳丽,最终要凋零. The fairest rose is at last withered.

zero，zero degree，[数] nullity ；

[例句] 这些植物必须放置于零度以上光照充足的地方。 These plants must be stored in the light at above freezing temperature.

[例句] 一整天气温都在零度以下。 The temperature remained below freezing point throughout the day.

all over the shop [place，show]，in disorder，in a mess ；

[例句] 房屋零乱地散布于乡间. Houses straggled across the countryside.

[例句] 他的书零乱地散置着. His books are all over the place.

small change，change，（零花钱） pocket money，dibs，loose change；

[例句] 她数出了30便士——大部分是零钱——递给了我。 She was counting out 30p, mostly in small change, into my hand.

[例句] 我觉得酒吧没给我找够零钱。 I think I've been short-changed at the bar.

retail，sell retail，（零散地卖） sell by the piece or in small quantities，peddle ；

[例句] 这种鞋子 零卖 10美元一双. These shoes retail for [ at ] ＄10 a pair.

[例句] 他整买零卖. He buys wholesale and sells retail.

odd，remnant，change，small change，oddment ；

[例句] 她将零头布凑成整块. She pieced together odds and ends of cloth.

[例句] 广告价格是168美元, 但是店主减去了零头. The advertised price was 168 dollars, but the shopkeeper knocked off the odd shillings.

zero，no marks，scoreless，goose egg ；

[例句] 他数学测试得了零分. He got a goose egg on his maths test.

[例句] 老师在他的试卷上打了个零分. The teacher put a zero on his paper.

fragmentary，oddments，[法] broken，odds and ends，piecemeal ；

[例句] 他在这附近干过各种零碎的保洁工作。 He had various odd cleaning jobs around the place.

[例句] 达维娜正在整理零碎的材料。 Davina was sorting out scraps of material.

stockist，trader，tradesman，shopkeeper ；

[例句] 从公司可以查到离你最近的零售商的名字。 The name of your nearest stockist is available from the company.

[例句] 这家公司是英国最大的网络葡萄酒零售商。 This company is the biggest wine e-tailer in the UK.

[方] 见“零食” [líng shí] ；

[例句] 当你有点儿饿的时候, 就吃点零嘴. When you start to get a little hungry, eat a snack.

[例句] 我们手边有很多钱可以买零嘴. We have plenty of money on hand to pay for the snacks.

retail ；

[例句] 包装是任何用于零售的产品的基本外在表现形式. Packaging is an essential aspect of retailing any manufactured product.

[例句] 体育用品利润下降了, 零售的损失加剧了. Profits fell back in sporting goods, and losses deepened in retail.

fragmentary，odd，scattered，sporadic ；

[例句] 他打量着吧台那边零星的几个顾客。 He surveyed the handful of custo-mers at the bar.

[例句] 除了一些零星的抵抗外，部队已控制了城市。 The army controls the city apart from a few pockets of resistance.

scattered ；

[例句] 这儿有两卷零散的百科全书. Here are two odd volumes of an encyclopedia.

[例句] 然而, 这些发现物只是颌骨的部位和一些零散的牙齿. However, those finds were limited to jaw parts and loose teeth.

shred，coupon，end fent ；

[例句] 她将零头布凑成整块. She pieced together odds and ends of cloth.

[例句] 这个漂亮的窗帘是用零头布做的. The beautiful curtain is made of remnant materials.

[经] retail establishment ；

[例句] 他们一直在尝试改造他们的零售店。 They have tried to reinvent their retail stores.

[例句] 他年轻时,开过零售店,当过邮政所所长. As a young man he was a storekeeper and a postmaster.