empty
基本释义
- adj.空的；空洞的，无意义的；空虚的；无知的，愚蠢的；无用的，徒劳的
- v.清空；变空；流入；使失去
- n.空容器
词语例句
空的adj.
高中六级四级The room was bare and empty.
房间空荡荡的。
Before one of these workouts, the men skipped breakfast, meaning that they exercised on a completely empty stomach after a long overnight fest. On the other occasion, they ate a rich morning meal about two hours before they started walking.
在其中一次锻炼前，他们跳过了早餐，这意味着他们在经过漫长的一夜狂欢后，完全空腹锻炼。另一次，他们在开始行走前两小时吃了一顿丰富的早饭。
Hotel owners found themselves with a huge number of empty rooms even as a lot of unnecessary new hotels were ready to open.
酒店老板们发现，尽管许多本不必建造的新酒店正准备开业，他们酒店仍有大量的空房间存在。
空洞的，无意义的adj.
六级His father had threatened disinheritance, but both men had known it was an empty threat.
他父亲威胁要剥夺他的继承权，但是两人都知道这是虚张声势。
A university degree unaccompanied by a gain in knowledge or skills is an empty achievement indeed.
一个没有获得知识或技能的大学学位确实是一个空洞的成就。
空虚的adj.
四级My life was very hectic but empty before I met him.
我的生活在遇见他之前忙碌却空虚。
无知的，愚蠢的adj.
If you go out in wet weather, it's an empty idea.
如果你下雨天外出，真是一个愚蠢的想法。
- The nation's coffers are empty.国库空虚。来自《牛津词典》
- Andrew crushed his empty can.安德鲁压扁了他的空罐子。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The beach was nearly empty.海滩几乎是空荡荡的。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- empty rooms空房间
- an empty threat虚张声势
- empty into流入
- feel empty[口语]觉得饿
- empty space真空，真空区；架空层；空档
- empty stomach空腹
- empty talk空话，空谈
- empty of缺乏
- empty bottle空瓶子，空瓶
- empty set空集；看来球队后防的空设
- empty string空字元串；空串；空字符串；空串行
- Empty Room空房间；空间；空房子
- An empty house空寂的房间；空荡的房子；空空的房间；空荡的街
- empty space架空层；排挤层；真空
词语扩展
- free/vacant/empty
- free空的，指清除了或缺少了某物，与of 或from连用。如：She is free from anxiety.(她无忧无虑。)She is free of him.(她摆脱了他。)
- vacant空闲的，指地方没有被占用。如：One day, man can make full use of vacant space.(将来，人们会充分利用浩瀚的天空。)empty，vacant和相同的名词连用时，含义不同。如an empty house指房子里既无家具也无人，空荡荡的。而a vacant house指房子没有被人占用，里面可有家具，也可无家具。
- empty空的，指里面什么东西都没有。如：The case is empty.(这是个空箱子。)
- open/blank/vacant/hollow/empty
词义分布
英英释义
- n.a container that has been emptied
- v.make void or empty of contents
- v.become empty or void of its content
- v.leave behind empty; move out of
- v.remove
- v.excrete or discharge from the body
- adj.used for describing a place or container that has no people or things in it
空的- The room was cold and empty.房间里很冷，空荡荡的。
- There were empty cans all over the floor.地板上到处都是空罐子。
- v.to remove the contents of a container
清空；倒空- I emptied the rubbish bin.我倒掉了垃圾桶。
- Empty the noodles into a bowl.把面条倒进碗里。
词源
- empty空的来自古英语emty, 休闲，空闲。e, 没有，词源同out, ordeal(其词源同deal out), -mt, 必须，词源同must. 插入字母p缓和读音。原义为非必须的，有空的，词义由时间引申为空间。
- empty空的；空洞的，空虚的词根词缀： -empt-拿 + -y形容词词尾