emptying
present participle ofempty
| 单词 | emptying |
| 释义 | emptying present participle ofempty empty verb uk/ˈemp.ti/us/ˈemp.ti/[T] toremoveeverything from inside something: I emptied theclosetand put mybelongingsinto theblackovernightcase. Would youmindemptying(out)yourpockets? Empty thesoupintoasaucepanandsimmergentlyfor tenminutes. Shequicklyemptied herglass(=drankitscontents)andorderedanotherdrink. [I] tobecomeempty: Theplaceemptiedprettyquicklywhen thefightstarted. Emptying
Phrasal verbempty intosomething Examplesofemptyingemptying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Generally most healthy people view bladder and bowelemptyingas private. From theCambridge English Corpus The caeca seem to be periodic in their filling andemptyingactivities. From theCambridge English Corpus There is a long interval between ingestion and bowelemptyingwhich may therefore be unpredictable. From theCambridge English Corpus With spinal cord pathology, incomplete bladderemptyingmay occur due to a combination of detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia and poor detrusor contraction during attempts at voiding. From theCambridge English Corpus Although the rate ofemptyingof the gallbladder was equal in both groups, those of older people showed an earlier initiation of contraction. From theCambridge English Corpus Angiography showed dilation and slowemptyingof the right atrium, but no anatomic obstruction of the connection between the atrium and the pulmonary arteries. From theCambridge English Corpus With filling oremptyingof the balloons, five nonpregnant cats demonstrated only trivial changes in blood pressure. From theCambridge English Corpus By this time they were dealing with ashpails (ashes from the hearth covering other contents) andemptyingthem every week. From theCambridge English Corpus Our teleomeres are shortening, the hourglass isemptyingof sand. From theCambridge English Corpus Until recently, political drama was a sure way ofemptyingtheatres. From theCambridge English Corpus Ironically, the finalemptyingout of local meaning coincided with the introduction of the typewriter. From theCambridge English Corpus Severely demented faecally incontinent people had a regimen of planned bowelemptyingusing enemas and codeine phosphate. From theCambridge English Corpus Many histories speak of the streets 'emptying', but there is little evidence of this from contemporary reports. From theCambridge English Corpus Emptyingthe nest and parental well-being : an analysis of national panel data. From theCambridge English Corpus Theemptyingof the rural regions is still a sore point, but a quarter of a century ago the situation was acute. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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