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；无意义的；无知的；徒劳的
- vt. 使失去；使…成为空的
- vi. 成为空的；流空
- n. 空车；空的东西
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的amettig，意为未占用的，闲暇的。
同根派生
- n性质的同根词
- emptiness：空虚；无知。
- emptying：排空；倒空。
- v性质的同根词
- emptying：使成为空的；倒出（empty的现在分词）。
用法辨析
- empty指房间等时意思是“空的”“里面没装东西的”; 指座位时意思是“没有人占据的”; 指人心理时意思是“空虚的”。empty含有否定意义,且一般不与inside连用。
- (be) empty of的意思是“缺少”“没有”。
- empty修饰stomach时,通常只限用在口语里。
- empty在句中可用作定语、表语或宾语补足语。
- empty用作形容词的意思是“空的”,用作及物动词时意思是“把…倒空”。用作不及物动词时意思是“变空”“流空”。
- empty用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
adj. (形容词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- We returned the empty bottles to the shop.
我们把空瓶子还给了商店。 - The cistern is empty but soon fills again.
贮水器里现在没水,但不久就会储满水的。 - The purse is empty of its contents.
钱包业已空无分文。 - I went into his room only to find his bed empty.
我走进他的房间发现他床上没有人。 - The tank gradually emptied.
蓄水池的水渐渐流空了。 - He emptied the box.
他把箱子倒空了。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
S+be+～+prep.
用作宾语补足语: S+V+O+～
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- almost empty 几乎没有
- nearly empty 几乎没有
- feel empty [口语]觉得饿
- empty of 缺乏
- empty of meaning 毫无意义的
- empty completely 完全地倒掉
- empty desperately 绝望地流空
- empty gradually 逐渐地倒空
用作形容词 (adj.)
副词+～
动词+～
～+介词
用作动词 (v.)
～+副词
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
- 虚化
- (名称或描述)无所指意义的
- (名称或描述)无所指意义的
- 不具有任何分子的
- 空的
- 排空
- 空的