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hollowness

/hol-oh/US // ˈhɒl oʊ //UK // (ˈhɒləʊ) //

空洞性,空洞,凹陷性,空虚

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    hol·low·er, hol·low·est.

    • : having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
    • : having a depression or concavity: a hollow surface.
    • : sunken, as the cheeks or eyes.
    • : not resonant; dull, muffled, or deep: a hollow voice.
    • : without real or significant worth; meaningless: a hollow victory.
    • : insincere or false: hollow compliments.
    • : hungry; having an empty feeling: I feel absolutely hollow, so let's eat.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an empty space within anything; a hole, depression, or cavity.
    • : a valley: They took the sheep to graze in the hollow.
    • : Foundry. a concavity connecting two surfaces otherwise intersecting at an obtuse angle.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to make hollow: to hollow out a log.
    • : to form by making something hollow: to hollow a place in the sand; boats hollowed out of logs.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to become hollow.
adv.副词 adverb
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    • : in a hollow manner: The politician's accusations rang hollow.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • This is silence in the face of presidential attacks on the constitutional order — a silence that rings out across the prairies and down the hollows as approval and permission.

  • Some air also moves into the gadget’s hollow walls, eliminating cold spots.

  • And, because the supports are hollow, wiring for accessories like solar panels can live inside where they’re protected from the elements.

  • Despite the relatively hollow structure, the Supersport-35 still weighs about the same as a typical blade putter.

  • The hollow hairs are made of silica, the same substance in glass.

  • But the closing of one school after another exposes the hollowness of those promises.

  • My voice sounded cheerful and supportive, properly concealing the hollowness I felt.

  • In his voluble, guns-blazing manner, Adrover made the hollowness of New York Fashion Week, which ends Thursday, apparent.

  • We know too much now about the hollowness of institutions and the frailty of their leaders.

  • There were no tears in his eyes, but a feeling of hollowness about his heart, and a great pain.

  • They gave off a muffled clink of hollowness when he tapped them.

  • Then she rapped the floor and walls, and could discover no indications of hollowness.

  • Had his best days of happiness been, then, nothing but hollowness and self-deception?

  • We used especially to open our minds, la Mandeville, on the hollowness of human virtue.