| 单词 | empty |
| 释义 | emptyemptieremptiestemptyempty1 /ˈempti/ adjective (comparative emptier, superlative emptiest)1 an empty container or place has nothing or no one in it: Noticing her empty wine glass, he refilled it.noticerefill看到她的酒杯空了﹐他将它重新斟满。By midnight, the streets were empty.streetbe午夜时分街上空无一人。I’ve left an empty space for your signature.leave我给你留了一个空位签名。The train was half-empty (=there were not many people on it).be火车有一半是空的。2without meaning, value, or importanceempty words/promises/threats etca government’s empty promisespromise政府的空头承诺Without him, my life would be empty.will没有他﹐我的生活会毫无意义。—emptinessemptinessesemptiness noun [uncountable]: a feeling of emptinessfeel空虚感THESAURUS: emptyempty an empty container has nothing in it. An empty place has no one in it: an empty bottleThe house looked empty.lookthe empty streetsstreetbare a bare room or cupboard has very little in it. Bare walls have no pictures on them: The room was bare except for a small table.bethe bare walls of the churchwallblank a blank screen or piece of paper has no writing or pictures on it. A blank tape, CD etc has nothing recorded on it: I kept staring at the blank sheet of paper.keepstareThe tape was blank.behollow a hollow tree, wall etc has an empty space inside: The insects live in hollow trees.insecttreeThe wall was hollowbefree a free seat, space, or room is available because no one else is using it: Is this seat free?beThere are never any parking spaces free at this time of day.beparkspacevacant a vacant room or building is available for people to pay to use: a vacant apartmentThe hotel said they didn’t have any rooms vacant at the moment.sayroomdeserted a deserted place is quiet because all the people have gone away: The streets were deserted.streetbedesert a deserted villagedesertuninhabited an uninhabited place has no one living there: an uninhabited islandThe house remained uninhabited for many years.remainyear |
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