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empty

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

空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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

adj.containing nothing
Forms: emptied, emptying
Antonyms
adj.fruitless, ineffective
Forms: emptied, emptying
Synonyms
barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的devoid没有,缺乏,没有人,毫无生气flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的meaningless无意义,无意义的,没有意义,没有意义的worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的dead死亡,死,死人,死的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎silly愚蠢的,傻乎乎的,傻傻的,愚蠢aimless漫无目的,漫无目的的,无目的,无目的的banal平庸的,平庸,平淡无奇,俗气cheap廉价,廉价的,便宜的,便宜deadpan一本正经的,一本正经,一本正经地说,一本正经的说dishonest不诚实的,不诚实,不忠实的,不诚信的dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言expressionless无表情,面无表情,没有表情,无表情的fatuous浮夸的,浮夸,冗长乏味,冗赘frivolous无聊的,无聊,轻薄,轻浮futile徒劳的,徒劳无益,徒劳无功,徒劳ignorant懵懵懂懂,愚昧无知,懵懂无知,懵懵懂懂的inane无稽之谈,无聊,无意义的,毫无意义的ineffectual不有效,不有效的,无效果,不有效用inexpressive没有表现力,没有表情,没有表达能力,没有表情的insincere不真诚的,无诚意,无诚意的,不真诚insipid寡淡无味,索然无味,淡淡的,寡淡jejune牛仔,弱智,年轻人,弱智的人nugatory无用的,无效的,虚无缥缈的,虚无缥缈otiose燕窝,燕麦,燕尾服,燕子paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的purposeless无目的性,无目的的,没有目的性,没有目的的senseless毫无意义,毫无感觉,毫无意义的,无意义trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩unintelligent愚昧无知,愚昧无知的,不知所措,不知所云unreal虚幻的,虚幻,虚无缥缈,不真实的unsatisfactory不尽人意,不满意,不满意的,不尽如人意unsubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,不真实的vacuous空洞的,空空如也,空洞,空虚的vain虚荣,虚荣心,徒劳,徒劳的valueless无价值,无价值的,无价,毫无价值vapid虚无缥缈,无趣,虚浮,虚浮的
Antonyms
adj.hungry
Forms: emptied, emptying
Synonyms
barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的devoid没有,缺乏,没有人,毫无生气flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的meaningless无意义,无意义的,没有意义,没有意义的worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的dead死亡,死,死人,死的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎silly愚蠢的,傻乎乎的,傻傻的,愚蠢aimless漫无目的,漫无目的的,无目的,无目的的banal平庸的,平庸,平淡无奇,俗气cheap廉价,廉价的,便宜的,便宜deadpan一本正经的,一本正经,一本正经地说,一本正经的说dishonest不诚实的,不诚实,不忠实的,不诚信的dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言expressionless无表情,面无表情,没有表情,无表情的fatuous浮夸的,浮夸,冗长乏味,冗赘frivolous无聊的,无聊,轻薄,轻浮futile徒劳的,徒劳无益,徒劳无功,徒劳ignorant懵懵懂懂,愚昧无知,懵懂无知,懵懵懂懂的inane无稽之谈,无聊,无意义的,毫无意义的ineffectual不有效,不有效的,无效果,不有效用inexpressive没有表现力,没有表情,没有表达能力,没有表情的insincere不真诚的,无诚意,无诚意的,不真诚insipid寡淡无味,索然无味,淡淡的,寡淡jejune牛仔,弱智,年轻人,弱智的人nugatory无用的,无效的,虚无缥缈的,虚无缥缈otiose燕窝,燕麦,燕尾服,燕子paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的purposeless无目的性,无目的的,没有目的性,没有目的的senseless毫无意义,毫无感觉,毫无意义的,无意义trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩unintelligent愚昧无知,愚昧无知的,不知所措,不知所云unreal虚幻的,虚幻,虚无缥缈,不真实的unsatisfactory不尽人意,不满意,不满意的,不尽如人意unsubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,不真实的vacuous空洞的,空空如也,空洞,空虚的vain虚荣,虚荣心,徒劳,徒劳的valueless无价值,无价值的,无价,毫无价值vapid虚无缥缈,无趣,虚浮,虚浮的
Antonyms
verbremove contents
Forms: emptied, emptying

Examples

  • He defied the atheism of communism and the empty religious practices of Putinism.

  • Otherwise, we will be but celebrating an empty holiday, missing its true meaning altogether.

  • Later schools empty out children, who race over to play games in the shade.

  • On Thursday, Russian bloggers published pictures of empty shelves in stores that once sold electric goods.

  • If they are in fact linked to North Korea, the threat may not be as empty as people think.

  • Herein he found an empty stall that was dark enough not to be seen, and still afforded sufficient light to read in.

  • When the funeral was over, and they returned to their desolate home, at the sight of the empty cradle Ramona broke down.

  • A quite young child will, for example, pretend to do something, as to take an empty cup and carry out the semblance of drinking.

  • For his heart seemed alternately full and empty; all the life he had was centred there.

  • In Flanders, he says, they would never attack with empty limbers behind them; they would wait till they were full up.