empty是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not containing any things or people -- 空的；無人的

  • an empty house/street 空屋／空無一人的街道

  • Shall I take the empty bottles for recycling? 我把這些空瓶子拿去回收吧？

  • The train was empty (= there were no passengers) by the time it reached London. 火車到達倫敦的時候，車內已經沒有乘客了。

• 1 not sincere or without any real meaning -- 無誠意的；空洞的；無意義的

  • empty threats/rhetoric 虛張聲勢的威脅／虛誇之詞

  • They're just empty promises. 這些承諾只不過是些空頭支票。

• 2 without purpose or interest -- 空虛的；無目標的，無意義的；百無聊賴的

  • He says his life has been completely empty since his wife died. 他說自從妻子去世後他的生活就完全失去了意義。

  • I felt empty, like a part of me had died. 我感到空虛，就像自己的一部分已經死去。

• 3 to remove everything from inside something -- 倒空，騰空；傾倒

  • I emptied the closet and put my belongings into the black overnight case. 我把衣櫥清空，把我的東西放進那個外出過夜用的黑色旅行袋裡。

  • Would you mind emptying (out) your pockets? 你把口袋掏空好不好？

  • Empty the soup into a saucepan and simmer gently for ten minutes. 把湯都倒進燉鍋中，慢火燉十分鐘。

  • She quickly emptied her glass (= drank its contents) and ordered another drink. 她一飲而盡，然後又叫了一杯。

  • The place emptied pretty quickly when the fight started. 戰鬥爆發後，這個地方很快就沒人了。

• 4 an empty bottle or other container, especially one that contained drink -- 空瓶子（等容器）

  • Don't forget to recycle the empties. 不要忘了回收空瓶子。