| 单词 | empty |
| 释义 | empty —emptiable, adj. —emptier, n. —emptily, adv. —emptiness, n. /emp"tee/, adj., emptier, emptiest, v. , emptied, emptying, n. , pl. empties. adj. 1. containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle. 2. vacant; unoccupied: an empty house. 3. without cargo or load: an empty wagon. 4. destitute of people or human activity: We walked along the empty streets of the city at night. 5. destitute of some quality or qualities; devoid (usually fol. by of): Theirs is a life now empty of happiness. 6. without force, effect, or significance; hollow; meaningless: empty compliments; empty pleasures. 7. not employed in useful activity or work; idle: empty summer days. 8. Math. (of a set) containing no elements; null; void. 9. hungry: I'm feeling rather empty - let's have lunch. 10. without knowledge or sense; frivolous; foolish: an empty head. 11. completely spent of emotion: The experience had left him with an empty heart. v.t. 12. to make empty; deprive of contents; discharge the contents of: to empty a bucket. 13. to discharge (contents): to empty the water out of a bucket. v.i. 14. to become empty: The room emptied rapidly after the lecture. 15. to discharge contents, as a river: The river empties into the sea. n. 16. Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can: Throw the empties into the waste bin. [bef. 900; ME (with intrusive -p-); OE aemettig vacant (aemett(a) leisure (ae- A-3 + Gmc *motitho accommodation; cf. MUST1, MEET1) + -ig -Y1)] Syn. 1. vacuous. EMPTY, VACANT, BLANK, VOID denote absence of content or contents. EMPTY means without appropriate or accustomed contents: an empty refrigerator. VACANT is usually applied to that which is temporarily unoccupied: a vacant chair; three vacant apartments. BLANK applies to surfaces free from any marks or lacking appropriate markings, openings, etc.: blank paper; a blank wall. VOID emphasizes completely unfilled space with vague, unspecified, or no boundaries: void and without form. 6. delusive, vain. 12. unload, unburden. Ant. 1. full. |
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