empty
美音:
[´emptı
]英音:
[´emptı
]adj.空的,空洞的,空虚的 vt.使成为空的,倒空 v.倒空 adj.空的,空闲的 v.腾空,腾出来
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empty为小学词汇
词频:5213
词形变化:
名词:emptiness 副词:emptily 名词复数:empties 形容词比较级:emptier 最高级:emptiest 动词过去式:emptied 过去分词:emptied 现在分词:emptying 第三人称单数:empties
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empty
/'emptɪ; `ɛmptɪ/
adj
1 (a) having nothing inside 空的
*an empty box 空盒子
* an empty lorry, ie one without a load 空卡车
* Your glass is empty. 你的杯子空了.
(b) with nobody in it 空无一人的
*an empty house, room, chair, bus 空着的房子、房间、椅子、公共汽车
* empty streets 空无一人的街道
* The cinema was half empty. 电影院空着一半.
2 (a) [pred 作表语] ~ of sth without or lacking in (a quality) 没有或缺乏(某种性质)
*(fml 文) words empty of meaning 无意义的话.
(b) without sense or purpose 没有感知的; 没有意义的; 没有目的的
*empty threats, words, promises, dreams 虚张声势的恐吓、空话、空洞的许诺、虚幻的梦想
* My life feels empty now the children have left home. 因为孩子们已离开了家, 我感到生活很空虚.
3 (infml 口) hungry 饥饿的
*I feel jolly empty! 我饿极了!
4 (idm 习语) on an empty `stomach having eaten nothing 空腹
*It's not good to drink on an empty stomach. 空着肚子喝酒不好.
NOTE ON USAGE 用法
*Empty and full have wide uses. *empty和full的使用范围很广. Any container or building can be full (of things or people) or empty 任何容器或建筑物都可为full(有物或人)或empty
*The theatre was almost empty last night. 剧院昨晚几乎是空的.
* This bottle was full yesterday and now it's empty. 这个瓶子昨天是满的, 现在已经空了. Vacant and occupied relate to the long-term use of a building, etc *vacant和occupied指对建筑物等的长期使用
*There are some vacant offices on the third floor. 四楼有几间空着的办公室.
* All the flats are occupied now. 所有的单元现在都已住满. They can also refer to the short-term use of a room, etc. 这两个词也可指短期使用房间等
*The lavatory is vacant. 厕所现在无人使用.
* All the seats are occupied. 所有的座位都坐满了.
/'emptɪ; `ɛmptɪ/
v (pt, pp emptied)
1 (a) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth (out) (onto/into sth); ~ sth (of sth) make sth empty 将某物弄空
*empty one's glass into the sink 把杯里的东西倒进洗涤槽里.
* empty (out) a drawer 把抽屉腾空
* He emptied his pockets of their contents. 他把衣袋里的东西全都掏出来了.
* This dreadful film soon emptied the cinema of people. 这部电影很没意思, 电影院里的人很快就都走光了.
(b) [I, Ipr] ~ (of sb/sth) become empty 变空
*The streets soon emptied (of people) when the rain started. 下起雨来了, 街道很快便空无一人了.
* The cistern empties in five minutes. 贮水池五分钟就流乾.
2 (a) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth (out) (into/onto sth) remove (the contents of sth) and put them somewhere else 将某物中的东西取出置于他处
*Have you emptied (out) the rubbish? 你倒垃圾了吗?
* She emptied the milk into the pan. 她把牛奶倒进锅里.
* We emptied the waste paper onto the floor. 我们把废纸倒在地板上.
(b) [I, Ipr] ~ (from/out of sth) (into/onto sth) flow or pour out 流出; 倒出
*The water slowly emptied (from the cistern). 水(从贮水池)缓缓流出.
* The Rhone empties into the Mediterranean. 罗讷河流入地中海.
* The rubbish from the cart emptied onto the street. 垃圾从大车上倾倒到街上.
1. Empty wagons rattle loudest. 空车响声大。
2. The bottle is empty. 瓶子是空的.
3. They are empty of credibility, and motivation. 他们缺乏真实性, 缺乏一种行为的动机.
4. They pointed to the empty looms and asked him if he liked the design and the colors. 他们指着空荡荡的织布机,问他是否喜欢布料的花纹色彩.
5. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. 卡车上装着空啤酒瓶。成百只瓶子顺势从卡车后面滑出车外落在马路上。
6. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. 队员们接着又把整个洞彻底搜寻了一遍,但除了一只空铁皮箱外什么也没找到。
7. The litter baskets were empty 废物筐是空的,
8. The bottle is empty. 瓶子是空的。
9. They see no roles for themselves in an Information Age society, and they are angry about their empty future. 他们看不到在信息时代的社会里自己该担当什么角色,因而对自己的茫茫前途感到愤愤不已。
10. The man was alone but not lost in the empty land. 旷野中现在只剩下他一个人了, 但他却没有迷路。
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