empty
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['em(p)tɪ]
- 美式音标 [ˈɛmptɪ]
- 国际音标 ['empti]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 空的;無意義的;無知的;徒勞的
- vt. 使失去;使…成爲空的
- vi. 成爲空的;流空
- n. 空車;空的東西
词源解说
- 直接源自古英語的amettig,意爲未佔用的,閑暇的。
用法辨析
- empty指房間等時意思是“空的”“裡麪沒裝東西的”; 指座位時意思是“沒有人佔據的”; 指人心理時意思是“空虛的”。empty含有否定意義,且一般不與inside連用。
- (be) empty of的意思是“缺少”“沒有”。
- empty脩飾stomach時,通常衹限用在口語裡。
- empty在句中可用作定語、表語或賓語補足語。
- empty用作形容詞的意思是“空的”,用作及物動詞時意思是“把…倒空”。用作不及物動詞時意思是“變空”“流空”。
- empty用作及物動詞時,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用於被動結搆。
adj. (形容詞)
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- We returned the empty bottles to the shop.
我們把空瓶子還給了商店。 - The cistern is empty but soon fills again.
貯水器裡現在沒水,但不久就會儲滿水的。 - The purse is empty of its contents.
錢包業已空無分文。 - I went into his room only to find his bed empty.
我走進他的房間發現他牀上沒有人。 - The tank gradually emptied.
蓄水池的水漸漸流空了。 - He emptied the box.
他把箱子倒空了。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
用作表語: S+be+~
S+be+~+prep.
用作賓語補足語: S+V+O+~
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- almost empty 幾乎沒有
- nearly empty 幾乎沒有
- feel empty [口語]覺得餓
- empty of 缺乏
- empty of meaning 毫無意義的
- empty completely 完全地倒掉
- empty desperately 絕望地流空
- empty gradually 逐漸地倒空
用作形容詞 (adj.)
副詞+~
動詞+~
~+介詞
用作動詞 (v.)
~+副詞
英英字典
- (NOTHING IN) not containing any things or people
- (NOT SINCERE) not sincere or without any real meaning
- (WITHOUT PURPOSE) without purpose or interest
- to remove everything from inside something
- an empty bottle or other container, especially one that contained drink
- An empty place, vehicle, or container is one that has no people or things in it.
- An empty gesture, threat, or relationship has no real value or meaning.
- If you describe a person's life or a period of time as empty, you mean that nothing interesting or valuable happens in it.
- If you feel empty, you feel unhappy and have no energy, usually because you are very tired or have just experienced something upsetting.
- If you empty a container, or empty something out of it, you remove its contents, especially by tipping it up.
- If someone empties a room or place, or if it empties, everyone in it goes away.
- A river or canal that empties into a lake, river, or sea flows into it.
- Empties are bottles or containers that no longer have anything in them.
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专业释义
- 空
- 虛化
- (名稱或描述)無所指意義的
- (名稱或描述)無所指意義的
- 不具有任何分子的
- 空的
- 排空
- 空的