empty /ˈɛmptɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( emptying, emptied, emptier, empties, emptiest )

• 1. 

  ADJ An empty place, vehicle, or container is one that has no people or things in it. 空的

  例：

  The room was bare and empty.

  房间空荡荡的。

  例：

  ...empty cans of beer.

  …空啤酒罐。

• 2. 

  ADJ An empty gesture, threat, or relationship has no real value or meaning. 无实在意义的

  例：

  His father had threatened disinheritance, but both men had known it was an empty threat.

  他父亲威胁要剥夺他的继承权，但是两人都知道这是虚张声势。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you describe a person's life or a period of time as empty, you mean that nothing interesting or valuable happens in it. 空虚的

  例：

  My life was very hectic but empty before I met him.

  我的生活在遇见他之前忙碌却空虚。

• 4. 

  ADJ If you feel empty, you feel unhappy and have no energy, usually because you are very tired or have just experienced something upsetting. 消沉的

  例：

  I feel so empty, my life just doesn't seem worth living any more.

  我感到非常消沉，我的生活简直好像不值得再过下去了。

• 5. 

  V-T If you empty a container, or empty something out of it, you remove its contents, especially by tipping it up. 倒空

  例：

  I emptied the ashtray.

  我倒空了烟灰缸。

  例：

  Empty the noodles and liquid into a serving bowl.

  将面条和汤全部倒入一个上菜的碗中。

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I If someone empties a room or place, or if it empties, everyone in it goes away. 清场

  例：

  The stadium emptied at the end of the first day of games.

  体育馆在第一天比赛结束的时候清场了。

• 7. 

  V-I A river or canal that empties into a lake, river, or sea flows into it. 流入

  例：

  The Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan near that pipe.

  密尔沃基河在那条管道附近流入密歇根湖。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT Empties are bottles or containers that no longer have anything in them. 空容器

  例：

  After breakfast we'll take the empties down in the sack.

  早餐后我们要用袋子把空瓶子拿下去。