单词 | empty |
释义 | empty ['emp.ti] adjective NOTHING IN 空无一物 ESSENTIAL ■not containing any things or people 空的;无人的 •an empty house/street空屋/空无一人的街道 •Shall I take the empty bottles for recycling?我把这些空瓶子拿去回收吧? •The train was empty (= There were no passengers) by the time it reached London.火车到达伦敦的时候,车内已经没有乘客了。 ['emp.ti] adjective NOT SINCERE 不真诚的 [usually before noun] ■not sincere or without any real meaning 无诚意的;空洞的;无意义的 •empty threats/rhetoric •They're just empty promises ['emp.ti] adjective WITHOUT PURPOSE 无目的 ■without purpose or interest 空虚的;无目标的,无意义的;百无聊赖的 •He says his life has been completely empty since his wife died.他说自从妻子去世后他的生活就完全失去了意义。 •I felt empty, like a part of me had died.我百无聊赖,如同行尸走肉一样。 ['emp.ti] adjective on an empty stomach ■without eating anything 空着肚子,空腹 •You shouldn't go to work on an empty stomach.你不应该空腹去上班。 ['emp.ti] verb transitive ■to remove everything from inside something 倒空,腾空;倾倒 •I emptied the closet and put my belongings into the black overnight case.我把衣橱清空,把我的东西放进那个外出过夜用的黑色旅行袋里。 •Would you mind emptying (out) •Empty the soup into •She quickly emptied her glass (= drank its contents) and ordered another drink.她一饮而尽,然后又叫了一杯。 intransitive ■to become empty 变空 •The place emptied pretty quickly when the fight started.战斗爆发后,这个地方很快就没人了。 ['emp.ti] verb Phrasal Verbs empty into sth ■If a river empties into a larger area of water, the water from it flows into that larger area (河流)流入,注入 •The River Tees empties into the North Sea.蒂斯河注入北海。 ['emp.ti] noun countable usually plural ■an empty drinks bottle 空瓶子 •Don't forget to take the empties to the bottle bank.不要忘了把空瓶子拿到玻璃瓶回收箱那里扔掉。 |
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