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emptying

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

排空,清空,掏空,清空的

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

verbremove contents
Synonyms
clear清楚,清除,清晰,清理consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的deplete耗尽,消耗,消耗掉,穷尽discharge排放,排出,遣散,排放问题drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠drink饮料,喝酒,饮酒,饮用dump倾倒,倾销,转储,甩掉escape逃避,逃脱,逃跑,逃亡evacuate疏散,撤走,撤离,疏解exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风gut内脏,肠道,肠胃,肠子leak泄漏,漏洞,漏水,泄露purge清洗,清理,肃清,清除run out跑出,用完了,跑出来了,耗尽unload卸载,卸下,卸装,卸货vacate撤离,迁出,腾出,腾空decant滗清,滗水器,滗水,滗析disgorge流出,流出国门,流出市场,流失ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震eject弹出,顶出,弹射,弹出式expel驱逐出境,驱逐,驱除,驱赶leave离开,离开这里,离开了,离开时release释放,发布,发行,发布会tap轻拍,敲击,轻敲,敲打unburden解除负担,卸下负担,卸下重担,卸下责任void空白,空虚,空缺,空无flow out流出,流出的,流出来,外流make void作废,虚设,虚化,虚构pour out倾吐,倾诉,倾吐出来,倾注rush out冲出,冲出去,冲出来,冲出重围use up用尽,用完,穷尽,用完了

Examples

  • Brabner talked about the “MTV people” coming to Cleveland to get pictures of Pekar emptying the garbage and going bowling.

  • A small stream flows from high up in the Korengal and meanders down through the valley before emptying into the Pech River.

  • It did little to stop this juggernaut, as the Chiefs racked up another 47 points in the second half, despite emptying their bench.

  • I used to fantasize about emptying his Smirnoff bottle in the kitchen sink and filling it back up with water.

  • The 27-year-old was in her element at the bash, spraying cans of Lone Star beer at the crowd and emptying a few water bottles.

  • Well, youth; be of good cheer—He, who has little, has little to lose; and a soldier's pocket is seldom much lighter for emptying.

  • "We're using up our reserve supply," said Clip, while they were emptying the canteens into the tanks.

  • It skirts the base of some low hills and flows nearly south in emptying into the Kanawha.

  • So from thence home, where my house of office was emptying, and I find they will do, it with much more cleanness than I expected.

  • It has emptying into it several small rivers navigable for 100 miles and upward.

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