empty
empty 英 [ˈempti] 美 [ˈɛmpti]
adj. 空的； v. 使…成为空的；
进行时:emptying 过去式:emptied 过去分词:emptied 第三人称单数:empties 名词复数:empties 比较级:emptier 最高级:emptiest
- If you're an optimist, you're happy that your glass is still half full. If you're a pessimist, you can't help but notice that 50% of your glass is now empty — that is, it contains nothing.
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- adj. 空的；
- v. 使…成为空的；
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1. an empty box，an empty glass
空盒╱杯
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2. empty hands
空手
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3. an empty plate
空盘子
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4. The theatre was half empty.
剧场空了一半。
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5. an empty house
空着的房子
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6. empty words
空话
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7. an empty promise
兑现不了的承诺
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8. My life seems empty without you.
没有你，我的生活似乎就没有了意义。
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9. Three months after his death, she still felt empty.
他死后三个月她仍然感到心里很空虚。
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10. He emptied his glass and asked for a refill.
他干了一杯，又要求再斟满一杯。
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11. She emptied the water out of the vase.
她把水从花瓶里倒了出来。
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12. The streets soon emptied when the rain started.
雨下起来时街上很快便空无一人。
- empty (adj.) c. 1200, from Old English æmettig "at leisure, not occupied; unmarried," also "containing nothing, unoccupied," from æmetta "leisure." Watkins explains it as from Proto-Germanic *e-mot-ja-, with a prefix of uncertain meaning + Germanic *mot- "ability, leisure," possibly from PIE root *med- "take appropriate measures."
- empty (n.) "an empty thing" that was or is expected to be full, 1865, from empty (adj.). At first of barges, freight cars, mail pouches.
- empty (v.) 1520s, from empty (adj.); replacing Middle English empten, from Old English geæmtigian. Related: Emptied; emptying.
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