empty
adjective
/ˈempti/
/ˈempti/
(comparative emptier, superlative emptiest)
with no people or things inside空的- an empty box/glass/bottle空盒子/玻璃杯/瓶子
- empty hands (= not holding anything)空手
- an empty plate (= with no food on it)空盘子
- I noticed an empty space on the bookshelf.我注意到书架上有一块空地。
- I couldn't see any empty seats (= with nobody sitting in them).我看不到任何空座位。
- The theatre was half empty.剧场空了一半。
- an empty house/room/bus空着的房子／房间／公共汽车
- As it got later, the streets became empty.后来，街道变得空荡荡的。
- The house had been standing empty (= without people living in it) for some time.这房子已经有一段时间没人住了。
- It's not good to drink alcohol on an empty stomach (= without having eaten something).空腹饮酒不好。
- empty of something (formal) The room was empty of furniture.房间里什么家具都没有。
- The box lay empty on the bed.盒子放在床上，里面是空的。
- The city is letting useful housing stand empty.这个城市正任由可使用的住房闲置。
- The house felt curiously empty without the children.家里没有了孩子显得空荡荡的，让人不习惯。
- The house had been left empty for several weeks.房子已经空了好几周。
- The reservoirs could end up empty if this dry weather continues.如果这种干燥天气继续下去，水库最终可能干涸。
- There was a vast expanse of totally empty sky to look at.可以看到万里晴空。
- There were a few chairs, but the room was otherwise empty.房间里有几把椅子，但除此之外空空荡荡的。
- a half-empty box of chocolates半空的一盒巧克力
- The streets were empty of people.街上没有人。
- For the first time in years, the town square was empty of pigeons.多年来，镇广场第一次没有鸽子了。
Collocations Dictionaryverbsadverbpreposition
[usually before noun] (of something that somebody says or does言语或行动) with no meaning; not meaning what is said空洞的；说话不算数的；无诚意的 synonym hollow- empty words空话
- an empty promise兑现不了的承诺
- Voters will see through the empty rhetoric.选民会识破空洞的说辞。
- an empty gesture aimed at pleasing the crowds旨在取悦观众的装腔作势
- (of a person, or a person’s life人或其生活) unhappy because life does not seem to have a purpose, usually after something sad has happened空虚的；无意义的；无目的的
- Three months after his death, she still felt empty.他死后三个月她仍然感到心里空落落的。
- My life seems empty without you.没有你，我的生活似乎就没有了意义。
- We all feel very empty now she's gone.她走了，我们都觉得心里空荡荡的。
Topics Feelingsb2 Collocations Dictionaryverbsadverbpreposition - empty of something without a quality that you would expect to be there没有；缺乏；无
- words that were empty of meaning无意义的话
词源Old English ǣmtig, ǣmetig ‘at leisure, empty’, from ǣmetta ‘leisure’, perhaps from ā ‘no, not’ + mōt ‘meeting’ (see moot).