empty

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a. 空的, 空虚的, 空腹的, 空洞的 n. 空的东西, 空车 vt. 倒空, 使变空, 使排出 vi. 流空 [计] 空

发音

US /ˈɛm(p).ti/
UK /ˈɛm(p).ti/
US /ˈɛm(p).tʰi/
UK /ˈɛm(p).tʰi/
US /ˈɪm(p).ti/
US /ˈɪm(p).tʰi/
AU /ˈem(p).ti/
AU /ˈem(p).tʰi/

词形变化

empties 复数 empties emptied empties 三单 emptieth emptying emptying 现在分词 emptied 过去式 emptied 过去分词 emptier 比较级 emptier emptiest emptiest 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

空车；空的东西

动词

使失去；使…成为空的

If you empty a container, or empty something out of it, you remove its contents, especially by tipping it up

动词

成为空的；流空

形容词

空的；无意义的；无知的；徒劳的

having nothing inside

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

    空瓶

    Put the empties out to be recycled.

v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To make empty; to remove the contents of.

    及物

    to empty a well or a cistern

    The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.

    The suspected thief was requested to empty her pockets.

  2. 2.

    Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

    不及物

    Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.

adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

    空的

    空

    an empty purse

    an empty jug

    an empty stomach

  2. 2.

    Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

    计算机 工程 数学
  3. 3.

    Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

  5. 5.

    Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.

    empty words, or threats

    empty offer

    empty promises

  6. 6.

    Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

    empty pleasures

  7. 7.

    Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

    empty dreams

  8. 8.

    Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.

    empty brains

    an empty coxcomb

  9. 9.

    Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.

    Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.

  10. 10.

    Producing nothing; unfruitful.

    废旧

    an empty vine

  11. 11.

    Hungry.

  12. 12.

    Lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish.

    烹饪

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

container
动词

同义词 5

abandon evacuate void discharge vacate

反义词 1

fill

上位词 10

take leave turn change pull pass remove withdraw eliminate alter

下位词 10

clear bail gut bleed drain hollow evacuate void unload suction
形容词

同义词 2

hollow vacuous

反义词 1

full

近义相关 10

white clean hungry blank bare meaningless void stripped vacant drained

参见 1

hollow

相关短语

half empty empty set [计] 空集 empty base empty space empty product empty sum empty nest syndrome empty the bench Empty Quiver empty suit empty vessels make the most sound 满瓶水不响，半瓶水晃荡 empty nester 空巢老人（因子女长大后离家感到寂寞而改变住宅要求的父母）; 空巢者 empty nesters empty nest 空巢 empty nests

词源

From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet. The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.

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