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

单词	hollow
释义	hol·low I. \ˈhä(ˌ)lō, -_lə often -_ləw+V\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English holwe, holg, holh, from holg, holh hole, den, from Old English holh hole, hollow — more at hole 1. a. : constituting a depression or a low or excavated place < a hollow spot in the road > < the force of the meteor's fall made a hollow place in the open plain > : curved or rounded inward : concave < the dish was covered by a hollow piece of metal > : sunken < hollow temples > b. : marked by hollows or sunken areas < his face became gaunter and more hollow with each passing year > c. of the sea : having deep-troughed waves d. : having a concave face or surface — used of various tools especially when designed for curved work < hollow adz > < hollow auger > < hollow punch > 2. a. (1) : having an empty space or cavity within : not solid < a hollow tree > < hollow sphere > (2) of a two-dimensional figure : being in outline only : not filled in : consisting partly of unfilled spaces < hollow letters > b. : empty < a hollow walnut > < a hollow feeling in the stomach > c. (1) : devoid of worth, value, significance, or substance < a hollow victory > < a hollow gain > < the whole celebration seems strangely hollow and unreal — W.F.Hambly > < the hollow position taken by the opposition > : lacking in qualities that give substance, worth, or moral or intellectual solidity < men of social significance but essentially hollow > (2) : devoid of any significant ideas, principles, or purposes < we are the hollow men — T.S.Eliot > < a hollow generation of youths > d. : having hollow spaces in the interior; especially : having a net area less than 75 percent of the gross area — used of a masonry unit (as a brick or building tile) 3. a. : sounding or reverberating like a sound made in a cave or large empty enclosure : muffled and sepulchral : breathy and lacking in overtones : producing confused echoes < the car in the empty garage started with a hollow roar > < the hollow echo of the monkeys' call — M.P.O'Connor > < the hollow subdued sound of the wind outside — Robert Murphy > b. : making or being a sound of or as if of beating on a hollow enclosure < the hollow drumming of horses' hooves on the bridge > 4. : marked by insincerity or lack of good faith < a hollow greeting to an enemy > < a hollow promise > : false, deceitful, treacherous < a hollow heart > < a hollow truce > < talk about war aims sounded hollow to them — F.L.Allen > 5. : complete, thorough Synonyms: see vain II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English holwen, from holwe, adjective *transitive verb* 1. a. : to make hollow : form an indentation or concavity in — usually used with out < hollow out half of a coconut shell > < hollowed a place out in the cliffside where he could hide > b. : to make concave or cause to be curved or rounded inward < the can cover must be cut in two, and each half so hollowed as to fit around the pipe — Emily Holt > < the short double woolly scarf which you could hollow into a cap — Fred Majdalany > c. (1) : to gouge, dig, or scrape the inside out of — usually used with out < hollowed out a stump and filled it with concrete > (2) : gut — often used with out < dozens of dead cities, their insides hollowed out by dynamite and fire — Norman Cousins > 2. : to form by hollowing something out < rain barrels hollowed out from trees — Robert Shaplen > : excavate — usually used with out < engineers hollowed out a tunnel through the mountain > *intransitive verb* : to become hollow < her cheeks hollowed suddenly as she sucked in her breath > III. noun (-s) Etymology: hollow (I) 1. : a low spot surrounded by elevations : a depressed or low part of a surface : concavity, channel, basin < driving down through the hollow in the road > < the hollow of the hand > especially : a small valley : ravine, notch, dingle 2. a. : an unfilled space within anything : cavity, hole < in the hollow of a tree > b. : an area marked by such a space or cavity < the horse buses rumble by, dropping a note as their hooves strike the hollow of the bridge — Times Literary Supplement > < pounding on the hollow of the wall > IV. adverb Etymology: hollow (I) : hollowly < the attacks on him rang hollow because he had proved his honesty and integrity >
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