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emptily

/emp-tee/US // ˈɛmp ti //UK // (ˈɛmptɪ) //

空空如也,虚空地,虚空,虚无缥缈

Related Words

dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式vacant空缺,空缺的,空着的,空置的uninhabited无人居住,无人居住的,没有人烟,没有人居住unfilled未填写,未填补,未完成的,未填写的unoccupied无人居住,无人居住的,闲置,闲置的hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的deserted冷冷清清,冷冷清清的,荒废的,荒芜的devoid没有,缺乏,没有人,毫无生气desolate荒凉,凄凉,荒凉的,荒芜bare光光的,赤裸裸的,光光,裸露的blank空白,白纸黑字,空白的,白纸barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的meaningless无意义,无意义的,没有意义,没有意义的idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的dump倾倒,倾销,转储,甩掉

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    emp·ti·er, emp·ti·est.

    • : containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
    • : vacant; unoccupied: an empty house.
    • : without cargo or load: an empty wagon.
    • : destitute of people or human activity: We walked along the empty streets of the city at night.
    • : destitute of some quality or qualities; devoid: Theirs is a life now empty of happiness.
    • : without force, effect, or significance; hollow; meaningless: empty compliments; empty pleasures.
    • : not employed in useful activity or work; idle: empty summer days.
    • : Mathematics. containing no elements; null; void.
    • : hungry: I'm feeling rather empty—let's have lunch.
    • : without knowledge or sense; frivolous; foolish: an empty head.
    • : completely spent of emotion: The experience had left him with an empty heart.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

    • : to make empty; deprive of contents; discharge the contents of: to empty a bucket.
    • : to discharge: to empty the water out of a bucket.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

    • : to become empty: The room emptied rapidly after the lecture.
    • : to discharge contents, as a river: The river empties into the sea.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural emp·ties.

    • : Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can: Throw the empties into the waste bin.

Phrases

  • empty calories
  • empty nest
  • empty suit
  • glass is half full (half empty)
  • running on empty

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhopelessly
Synonyms
desperately拼命地,拼命的,拼命,拚命地sadly可悲的是,悲哀的是,悲哀地,悲伤地dispiritedly沮丧地,萎靡不振地,郁闷地,萎靡不振cynically愤世嫉俗地,嘲讽地,冷嘲热讽地,愤世嫉俗darkly暗地里,黑暗中,黑暗地,暗暗地里dejectedly沮丧地,颓废地,垂头丧气地,颓然地desolately怅然若失,怅然,怅然若失地,怅惘地despairingly绝望地,令人绝望地,令人绝望的是,无奈地despondently怅然若失地,怅惘地,惆怅地,怅然若失disconsolately无奈之下,无奈地,遗憾的是,无奈dismally令人沮丧的是,凄惨地,惨淡地,沮丧地gloomily阴沉着脸,阴沉沉地,忧郁地,阴沉沉的pessimistically悲观地,悲观主义地,悲观地认为,悲观地讲spiritlessly漫不经心地,漫无目的地,漫不经心,漫无边际地

Examples

  • The melancholy bleeds into the beautiful, without emptily aestheticizing for effect.

  • But when a common fellow emptily asks me anything, I tap it on this side and that, and sift it to the bottom.

  • The world seemed emptily open before her once more, chill and lonely as the autumn morning.

  • It fell on its back—a dead face covered with blood staring emptily at the ceiling.

  • The spritsail flapped emptily and the boat righted to an even keel, causing the two men swiftly to change position.

  • Who would have thought that the day that began so emptily would end with two of my rooms full,—each containing a widow?

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