一、详细释义:


adj.

空的


例句:

The room was bare and empty.

房间空荡荡的。


例句:

She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.

她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。


例句:

It is an empty plate.

这是一只空盘子。


空洞的,无意义的,无效的


例句:

He has fobbed us off with too many empty promises, and this time we've got to pin him down to one.

他总用空洞的诺言搪塞我们,这回我们非要叫他履行一次诺言。


例句:

His father threatened to throw him out, but he knew it was an empty threat.

他父亲威胁要把他赶出去,但他知道那只不过是吓吓他罢了。


空虚的,枯燥无味的,无力的


例句:

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

教育的目的是用能工巧匠接受新思想的头脑去取代一个空虚的灵魂。


例句:

I feel so empty, my life just doesn't seem worth living any more.

我觉得非常空虚,生活似乎根本不值得继续下去。


n.

空瓶,空容器,空的东西 [C]9


例句:

Empties are not taken back.

不退瓶子。


例句:

But you can start with clearing those empties.

不过你可以先收拾那些空瓶子。


v.

清空,把…倒空,(使)变空 [I,T]


例句:

I emptied the ashtray.

我把烟灰缸倒空了。


例句:

He emptied the contents out into the palm of his hand.

他把东西都倒在手心里。


流入,注入 [I]


例句:

The Washougal empties into the Columbia River near Portland.

沃舒格尔河在波特兰附近注入哥伦比亚河。


例句:

The river empties into the sea.

这条河流入大海。


二、词义辨析:


empty,vacant,hollow,blank,open

这些形容词都有“空的”之意。 empty指空无一人或一物,或空洞无意义的。 vacant普通用词,侧重某物或某个位置没有被占用。 hollow指物体中间是空的。 blank指上面没有写字、印刷或做记号的空白表面,或指上面留着准备被填写的空白处。 open指未被占有,从而可被别人得到的。


三、参考例句:


Empty wagons rattle loudest.

空车响声大。


His room is empty.

他的房间是空的。


Please empty the glass.

请把玻璃杯清空。


Empty your inbox.

清空收件箱。


Almost pure time, empty successiveness.

纯粹的时间,空虚的连绵。


It's an empty box.

这是一个空盒子。


Paul carried an empty box.

保罗拿着一个空盒子。


Andrew crushed his empty can.

安德鲁把他的空罐子捏扁了。


The theater was half empty.

剧场空了一半。


Segregate full and empty cylinders.

隔开满瓶和空瓶。