/vɔɪd; vɔɪd/
n (usu sing 通常作单数) (fml or rhet 文或修辞) empty space; vacuum 空间; 真空
*the blue void we call the sky 我们称之为天空的蔚蓝色空间
* (fig 比喻) an aching void left by the death of her child 她孩子死後留下的痛苦的空虚感.

adj (fml 文)
1 empty; vacant 空的; 空着的; 空虚的.
2 [pred 作表语] ~ of sth without sth; lacking sth 没有某事物; 缺乏某事物
*Her face was void of all interest. 她面部表情显得对什么都不感兴趣. Cf 参看 devoid.
3 (idm 习语) null and void => null.

v [Tn]
1 (law 律) make (sth) not legally binding 使（某物）无效的.
2 (fml 文) empty the contents of (one's bowels or bladder) 排泄, 排放（大便或小便）.

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