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单词 empty
释义
empty
adjective
uk
/ˈemp.ti/us
/ˈemp.ti/

emptyadjective(NOTHING IN)

A2
notcontainingany things orpeople:
空的；无人的
an emptyhouse/street空房／空无一人的街道
Shall I take the emptybottlesforrecycling?我把这些空瓶子拿去回收吧？
Thetrainwas empty(= there were nopassengers)by thetimeitreachedLondon.火车到达伦敦的时候，车内已经没有乘客了。
More examples
  • Put the emptyboxin therubbishbin.
  • Theroomwas empty except for awardrobestandingin onecorner.
  • Could you put thatcrateof emptybottlesoutsidethe backdoor,please?
  • Ipulledinto the emptyparkingspace.
  • When Ireachedthesupermarketcheckout, Ifoundto myhorrorthat mypursewascompletelyempty.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Empty
  • bare
  • barrenness
  • blank
  • clear
  • cleared
  • dead
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • emptiness
  • flat
  • forlorn
  • hollow
  • low-traffic
  • nothingness
  • uncrowded
  • uninhabited
  • unobstructed
  • unoccupied
  • vacant
  • vacuum
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emptyadjective(NOT SINCERE)

C1[usually before noun]
notsincereor without anyrealmeaning:
无诚意的；空洞的；无意义的
emptythreats/rhetoric虚张声势的威胁／虚夸之词
They're just emptypromises.这些许诺只不过是些空头支票。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affected & insincere
  • affectation
  • affected
  • affectedly
  • archly
  • artificial
  • forced
  • fustian
  • glib
  • glibly
  • glibness
  • preciously
  • preciousness
  • precocious
  • precociousness
  • pretension
  • theatrically
  • tokenism
  • tokenistic
  • two-faced
  • ultra-slick
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emptyadjective(WITHOUT PURPOSE)

withoutpurposeorinterest:
空虚的；无目标的，无意义的；百无聊赖的
He says hislifehas beencompletelyempty since hiswifedied.他说自从妻子去世后他的生活就完全没有了意义。
Ifeltempty, like apartof me haddied.我感到空虚，就像自己的一部分已经死去。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
having no clear plan or purpose
  • aimlessHe was just aimless and confused after being let go from his position.
  • directionlessThe party was plagued with weak and directionless leaders who had no clue how to govern.
  • purposelessThe job left him feeling unfulfiled and purposeless.
  • adriftHis son has just been utterly adrift since leaving university.
  • emptyAfter losing him, I just feel empty inside.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Useless and futile
  • a mug's gameidiom
  • adrift
  • aimless
  • aimlessly
  • aimlessness
  • airy-fairy
  • frivolousness
  • fruitless
  • fruitlessly
  • fruitlessness
  • futile
  • motiveless
  • negate
  • negation
  • no goodidiom
  • unfruitful
  • unrealistic
  • unrealistically
  • untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
  • unviability
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Related word

emptily

Idiom

on an empty stomach
empty
verb
uk
/ˈemp.ti/us
/ˈemp.ti/
[T]
toremoveeverything from inside something:
倒空，腾空；倾倒
I emptied theclosetand put mybelongingsinto theblackovernightcase.我把壁橱腾空，把我的东西放进那个外出过夜用的黑色旅行袋里。
Would youmindemptying(out)yourpockets?你把衣兜掏空好不好？
Empty thesoupintoasaucepanandsimmergentlyfor tenminutes.把汤都倒进煮锅中，慢火煨10分钟。
Shequicklyemptied herglass(=drankitscontents)andorderedanotherdrink.她一饮而尽，然后又叫了一杯。
[I]
tobecomeempty:
变空
Theplaceemptiedprettyquicklywhen thefightstarted.战斗爆发后，这个地方很快就没人了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Emptying
  • clear
  • drain
  • evacuate
  • evacuation
  • gut
  • hollow
  • hollowsomethingout
  • land
  • let
  • letsomeone/somethingout
  • turn
  • turn out
  • unbox
  • unload
  • unpack
  • vacate

Phrasal verb

empty intosomething
empty
noun
uk
/ˈemp.ti/us
/ˈemp.ti/
[Cusually plural]
an emptybottleor othercontainer,especiallyone thatcontaineddrink:
空瓶子（等容器）
Don'tforgettorecyclethe empties.不要忘了回收空瓶子。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Containers for liquids and gases
  • aerosol
  • amphora
  • bottle
  • bucket
  • canister
  • churn
  • flask
  • hip flask
  • hot-water bottle
  • hottie
  • howler
  • inkwell
  • oxygen tank
  • siphon
  • sprayer
  • stoup
  • Thermos
  • tin can
  • tinnie
  • travel mug
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Idiom

running on empty
(Definition ofemptyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

empty| American Dictionary

empty
adjective
us
/ˈemp·ti/
having nothing inside:
He set the emptyglassdown.
If aplaceis empty, no one is using it or ispresent:
It was pastmidnight, and thestreetswere empty.
Empty alsomeanswithout anymeaningorpurpose:
We needjobs, not emptypromises.

Idiom

on an empty stomach
empty
noun[Cusually pl]
us
/ˈemp·ti/
acontainerwith nothing in it,esp. one whosecontentshave been used:
Bring theemptiesto therecyclingcenter.
empty
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈemp·ti/
to take out everything from inside something, or tolosewhat is inside so that nothing isleft:
[T]Sheemptiedher husband’smugin thesink.
[I]Once themovieended, thetheateremptiedquickly.
[I]The Tombigbee Riveremptiesinto Mobile Bay(=itswaterflowsthere).
(Definition ofemptyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofempty

empty
Taken together, the low wages, insecure employment, and absence of protection and promotion emptied the concept of labor history of any cumulative content.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After the final visual count, the cages were carefully emptied with a blower-vac to obtain near-total numbers of arthropods (fig. 2).
From theCambridge English Corpus
The other breast was then emptied by a mechanical pump.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Once children made a selection, the experimenter recorded their response, emptied the bucket, and allowed children to play with both objects for approximately 30 seconds.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Traps were either emptied where they were hanging, or sealed with tape and lowered to the ground.
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Many others also accused the manuals of emptying letters of sentiment, originality, personality, even thought.
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Each of the two pools empties at twice the rate, so the overall transit time is unchanged.
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With the touch gone, the wine glass was emptied, and ready for another temporal refill.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As there was no log-sheet kept for pool maintenance, it remained unclear if the whirlpool was emptied and the water disinfected daily.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Again the implicit store is emptied so as not to interfere with the caller.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Until the mid-nineteenth century, such refuse was generally collected in cesspools (enclosed pits dug into the ground) which were periodically emptied by manual labor.
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The septic tank was emptied approximately twice a year.
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They tended to drift as the smoke tank emptied.
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Not until 1905 did the number of ashpails emptied in the year correspond to weekly emptying.
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When the eggs hatched, they emptied the new fish into the creek.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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