英语词汇“empty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1adjvn 2adj 3adj 4adj

If you're an optimist, you're happy that your glass is still half full. If you're a pessimist, you can't help but notice that 50% of your glass is now empty — that is, it contains nothing.

Empty comes from an Old English word meaning "at leisure," or in other words, "unoccupied." Over time, the sense of that meaning changed from "not at work" to "devoid of contents." By the tenth century, any container that could be filled or full could also be emptied or empty. As the word continued to evolve, it developed a more figurative sense. If you feel sad and lost, you might say that you feel so empty. If you want to go to the movies and your parents say, "No, but maybe tomorrow," you probably consider that an empty promise, one that will never be fulfilled.

WORD FAMILY

empty: emptied, emptier, empties, emptiest, emptily, emptiness, emptying+/emptiness: emptinesses/emptying: emptyings

USAGE EXAMPLES

After a year at cozy Williams, the empty dorm felt cavernous and overwhelming to the Robinson family.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

Dozens of gated communities sit mostly empty, gathering dust.

Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)

All around her there are silences, empty places, held breaths—an extraordinary act of literary finesse.

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

1adj holding or containing nothing

an empty glass
an empty room
full of empty seats
empty hours

Syn|Ant

bare, stripped

having everything extraneous removed including contents

blank, clean, white

(of a surface) not written or printed on

empty-handed

carrying nothing in the hands

glassy, glazed

(used of eyes) lacking liveliness

lifeless

destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings

looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked

wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value

vacant

without an occupant or incumbent

vacant

void of thought or knowledge

vacuous

devoid of matter

void

containing nothing

full

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing

covered with water

air-filled

full of air

brimful, brimfull, brimming

filled to capacity

chock-full, chockablock, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full

packed full to capacity

congested, engorged

overfull as with blood

egg-filled

full of eggs

filled

(usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

fraught, pregnant

filled with or attended with

gas-filled

full of a gas

glutted, overfull

exceeding demand

heavy, weighed down

full of; bearing great weight

instinct, replete

(followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated

laden, ladened, loaded

filled with a great quantity

overladen, overloaded

loaded past capacity

riddled

spread throughout

sperm-filled

filled with sperm

stuffed

filled with something

stuffed

crammed with food

untasted, untouched

still full

well-lined

full of money

2v make void or empty of contents

Empty the box
The alarm emptied the building

Ant|Hypo|Hyper

fill, fill up, make full

make full, also in a metaphorical sense

bail

empty (a vessel) by bailing

clean out, clear out

empty completely

bleed

drain of liquid or steam

evacuate

empty completely

evacuate

create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)

eviscerate

remove the contents of

void

clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something

clear

remove the occupants of

clear

rid of instructions or data

exhaust

use up the whole supply of

knock out

empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out

drain

empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

core out, hollow, hollow out

remove the interior of

gut

empty completely; destroy the inside of

clinker

clear out the cinders and clinker from

gouge, rout

make a groove in

scallop, scollop

form scallops in

hole

make holes in

draw in, suck in

draw in as if by suction

scoop out

hollow out with a scoop

cavern, cavern out

hollow out as if making a cavern

cave, undermine

hollow out as if making a cave or opening

dig, dig out

create by digging

excavate

form by hollowing

core

remove the core or center from

alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

3v excrete or discharge from the body

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

evacuate, void

suction

empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction

egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

eliminate from the body

4v become empty or void of its content

The room emptied

Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper

discharge

fill, fill up

become full

flow away, flow off

flow off or away gradually

change state, turn

undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

5v remove

Empty the water

Hypo|Hyper

offload, unlade, unload

take the load off (a container or vehicle)

remove, take, take away, withdraw

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

6v leave behind empty; move out of

Syn|Hyper

abandon, vacate

go away, go forth, leave

go away from a place

7n a container that has been emptied

return all empties to the store

Hyper

container

any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

adj devoid of significance or point

empty promises

Syn

hollow, vacuous
meaningless, nonmeaningful

having no meaning or direction or purpose

adj needing nourishment

after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime
empty-bellied children

Syn

empty-bellied
hungry

feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

adj emptied of emotion

after the violent argument he felt empty

Syn

drained

emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)

单词	empty
释义	empty (once / 89 pages) 1adjvn 2adj 3adj 4adj If you're an optimist, you're happy that your glass is still half full. If you're a pessimist, you can't help but notice that 50% of your glass is now empty — that is, it contains nothing. Empty comes from an Old English word meaning "at leisure," or in other words, "unoccupied." Over time, the sense of that meaning changed from "not at work" to "devoid of contents." By the tenth century, any container that could be filled or full could also be emptied or empty. As the word continued to evolve, it developed a more figurative sense. If you feel sad and lost, you might say that you feel so empty. If you want to go to the movies and your parents say, "No, but maybe tomorrow," you probably consider that an empty promise, one that will never be fulfilled. WORD FAMILY empty: emptied, emptier, empties, emptiest, emptily, emptiness, emptying+/emptiness: emptinesses/emptying: emptyings USAGE EXAMPLES After a year at cozy Williams, the empty dorm felt cavernous and overwhelming to the Robinson family. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Dozens of gated communities sit mostly empty, gathering dust. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) All around her there are silences, empty places, held breaths—an extraordinary act of literary finesse. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj holding or containing nothing an empty glass an empty room full of empty seats empty hours Syn\|Ant bare, stripped having everything extraneous removed including contents blank, clean, white (of a surface) not written or printed on empty-handed carrying nothing in the hands glassy, glazed (used of eyes) lacking liveliness lifeless destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value vacant without an occupant or incumbent vacant void of thought or knowledge vacuous devoid of matter void containing nothing full containing as much or as many as is possible or normal afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing covered with water air-filled full of air brimful, brimfull, brimming filled to capacity chock-full, chockablock, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full packed full to capacity congested, engorged overfull as with blood egg-filled full of eggs filled (usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with fraught, pregnant filled with or attended with gas-filled full of a gas glutted, overfull exceeding demand heavy, weighed down full of; bearing great weight instinct, replete (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated laden, ladened, loaded filled with a great quantity overladen, overloaded loaded past capacity riddled spread throughout sperm-filled filled with sperm stuffed filled with something stuffed crammed with food untasted, untouched still full well-lined full of money 2v make void or empty of contents Empty the box The alarm emptied the building Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper fill, fill up, make full make full, also in a metaphorical sense bail empty (a vessel) by bailing clean out, clear out empty completely bleed drain of liquid or steam evacuate empty completely evacuate create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) eviscerate remove the contents of void clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something clear remove the occupants of clear rid of instructions or data exhaust use up the whole supply of knock out empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out drain empty of liquid; drain the liquid from core out, hollow, hollow out remove the interior of gut empty completely; destroy the inside of clinker clear out the cinders and clinker from gouge, rout make a groove in scallop, scollop form scallops in hole make holes in draw in, suck in draw in as if by suction scoop out hollow out with a scoop cavern, cavern out hollow out as if making a cavern cave, undermine hollow out as if making a cave or opening dig, dig out create by digging excavate form by hollowing core remove the core or center from alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v excrete or discharge from the body Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper evacuate, void suction empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction egest, eliminate, excrete, pass eliminate from the body 4v become empty or void of its content The room emptied Syn\|Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper discharge fill, fill up become full flow away, flow off flow off or away gradually change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 5v remove Empty the water Hypo\|Hyper offload, unlade, unload take the load off (a container or vehicle) remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 6v leave behind empty; move out of Syn\|Hyper abandon, vacate go away, go forth, leave go away from a place 7n a container that has been emptied return all empties to the store Hyper container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) 2 adj devoid of significance or point empty promises Syn hollow, vacuous meaningless, nonmeaningful having no meaning or direction or purpose 3 adj needing nourishment after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime empty-bellied children Syn empty-bellied hungry feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food 4 adj emptied of emotion after the violent argument he felt empty Syn drained emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
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