empty / ˈɛmp ti /

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empty4 个定义

adj. 形容词 adjective

emp·ti·er, emp·ti·est.

  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.
v. 有主动词 verb

emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

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

emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

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

plural emp·ties.

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

empty 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

containing nothing

adj. 形容词 adjective

fruitless, ineffective

adj. 形容词 adjective

hungry

v. 动词 verb

remove contents

empty构成的短语

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

更多empty例句

  1. He defied the atheism of communism and the empty religious practices of Putinism.
  2. Otherwise, we will be but celebrating an empty holiday, missing its true meaning altogether.
  3. Later schools empty out children, who race over to play games in the shade.
  4. On Thursday, Russian bloggers published pictures of empty shelves in stores that once sold electric goods.
  5. If they are in fact linked to North Korea, the threat may not be as empty as people think.
  6. Herein he found an empty stall that was dark enough not to be seen, and still afforded sufficient light to read in.
  7. When the funeral was over, and they returned to their desolate home, at the sight of the empty cradle Ramona broke down.
  8. A quite young child will, for example, pretend to do something, as to take an empty cup and carry out the semblance of drinking.
  9. For his heart seemed alternately full and empty; all the life he had was centred there.
  10. In Flanders, he says, they would never attack with empty limbers behind them; they would wait till they were full up.