empty

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英[?empti]
美[?empti]

基本釋義

adj.
空的; 無(wú)意義的; 空虛的; 無(wú)力的
v.
清空; 流入

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

My life seems empty without you.

沒(méi)有你,我的生活似乎就沒(méi)有了意義。

牛津詞典

words that were empty of meaning

無(wú)意義的話

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She stood staring emptily into space.

她站著茫然地凝視遠(yuǎn)方。

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I emptied out my pockets but could not find my keys.

我把口袋里的東西都掏了出來(lái),仍然找不到我的鑰匙。

牛津詞典

She emptied the water out of the vase.

她把水從花瓶里倒了出來(lái)。

牛津詞典

an empty box/glass

空盒 / 杯

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empty hands (= not holding anything)

空手

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an empty plate (= with no food on it)

空盤子

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The theatre was half empty .

劇場(chǎng)只坐了一半觀眾。

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an empty house/room/bus

空著的房子 / 房間 / 公共汽車

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Is this an empty chair (= not one that another person will be using) ?

這張椅子沒(méi)人坐嗎?

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The house had been standing empty (= without people living in it) for some time.

這房子已經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間沒(méi)住人了。

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It's not good to drink alcohol on an empty stomach (= without having eaten something) .

空腹喝酒不好。

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(formal)The room was empty of furniture.

房間里什么家具都沒(méi)有。

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empty words

空話

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an empty promise

兌現(xiàn)不了的承諾

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an empty gesture aimed at pleasing the crowds

旨在取悅觀眾的裝腔作勢(shì)

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Three months after his death, she still felt empty.

他死后三個(gè)月她仍然感到心里很空虛。

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The room was bare and empty.

房間空蕩蕩的。

...empty cans of lager...

空的窖藏啤酒罐

His father threatened to throw him out, but he knew it was an empty threat.

他父親威脅要把他趕出去,但他知道那只不過(guò)是嚇嚇?biāo)T了。

...to ensure the event is not perceived as an empty gesture.

確保這一活動(dòng)不被看作只是一種空洞的姿態(tài)

My life was very hectic but empty before I met him.

在遇到他之前,我的生活非常繁忙卻很空虛。

I felt empty and hollow; defeated...

我感覺(jué)空虛無(wú)聊,充滿挫敗感。

I feel so empty, my life just doesn't seem worth living any more.

我覺(jué)得非??仗?,生活似乎根本不值得繼續(xù)下去。

I emptied the ashtray...

我把煙灰缸倒空了。

Empty the noodles and liquid into a serving bowl...

把湯面倒進(jìn)上菜用的碗中。

The stadium emptied at the end of the first day of athletics.

首日比賽結(jié)束后,體育場(chǎng)空無(wú)一人。

...a woman who could empty a pub full of drunks just by lifting one fist.

只要舉起一只拳頭就能把一酒吧的醉鬼全部趕跑的女人

The Washougal empties into the Columbia River near Portland.

沃舒格爾河在波特蘭附近注入哥倫比亞河。

真題例句

So why not limit the density of food outlets, particularly ones that sell food rich in empty calories?

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

Hotel owners found themselves with a huge number of empty rooms even as a lot of unnecessary new hotels were ready to open

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

The next block was almost empty.

出自-2012年6月聽(tīng)力原文

I showed him that my hands were empty.

出自-2010年12月聽(tīng)力原文

Yong Yu, a Chinese microbiologist, showed off the spacious building, with empty desks under an illustrated timeline detailing the rapid growth of China's Antarctic operations since the 1980s.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

But a university degree unaccompanied by a gain in knowledge or skills is an empty achievement indeed.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Since luxury is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow will long for nothing more than intervals of freedom from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.

出自-2012年12月閱讀原文

Assuming all goes well, the airport should open in October 2020, but the still empty airport stands as the biggest embarrassment to Germany's reputation for efficiency and a continuing drain on city and state resources.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section C

He said although more fishing was taking place nearer penguin colonies it was often happening later in the season when these colonies were empty.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

More than seven years after it was originally supposed to open, it still stands empty.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section C

But I don't like the idea of paying three months for an empty apartment, either.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 聽(tīng)力 原文

Each empty can of its food weighs 40g.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷(11月) 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Feeling good, I emptied my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)上海卷 語(yǔ)法填空 A 原文

In most cities the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars, leaving behind a vacant haze that mirrors our fear of the dark.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

In that case, eat before the flight, or an empty stomach will prevent you from sleeping.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)重慶卷 完形填空 B 原文

Material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a partly written book.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 完形填空 原文

Otherwise, the recreation of traditions would be artificial and empty, he said.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Silences may be thoughtful, or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and empty.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷 完形填空 原文

The snack bar isn't usually so empty.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)上海卷 聽(tīng)力 選項(xiàng)

They take their driverless car to an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Everybody wants to know how the people who will soon inhabit those empty office cubicles will differ from those who came before them.

2020年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

mies' sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient, rather than big and often empty.

2011年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a container that has been emptied;

    "return all empties to the store"

Verb
  • 1. make void or empty of contents;

    "Empty the box"

    "The alarm emptied the building"

  • 2. become empty or void of its content;

    "The room emptied"

  • 3. leave behind empty; move out of;

    "You must vacate your office by tonight"

  • 4. remove;

    "Empty the water"

  • 5. excrete or discharge from the body

Adjective
  • 1. holding or containing nothing;

    "an empty glass"

    "an empty room"

    "full of empty seats"

    "empty hours"

  • 2. devoid of significance or point;

    "empty promises"

    "a hollow victory"

    "vacuous comments"

  • 3. having nothing inside;

    "an empty sphere"

  • 4. needing nourishment;

    "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"

    "empty-bellied children"

  • 5. emptied of emotion;

    "after the violent argument he felt empty"

同義詞辨析

empty, vacant, hollow, blank, open

這些形容詞都有"空的"之意。

  • empty: 指空無(wú)一人或一物,或空洞無(wú)意義的。
  • vacant: 普通用詞,側(cè)重某物或某個(gè)位置沒(méi)有被占用。
  • hollow: 指物體中間是空的。
  • blank: 指上面沒(méi)有寫字、印刷或做記號(hào)的空白表面,或指上面留著準(zhǔn)備被填寫的空白處。
  • open: 指未被占有,從而可被別人得到的。

同義詞

vt. & vi.耗盡

flowoutrundrain

adj.空的;無(wú)人居住的;空白的;空洞的

blankhollowbarrenvacantdesertedvoid

反義詞

adj.空缺的;空洞的

fullmeaningfulcrowdedsubstantial

其他釋義

fullfill

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