He is very concerned because, after thirty years of diving, he witnessed with his own eyes that it's becoming uglier and more and more empty under water.

他对海洋忧心忡忡，因为历经30年的潜水，他亲眼目睹了水底世界变得越来越丑，越来越空荡。

youdao

Then would our lessons halt at every step; his eyes wander away into empty space; and his mind refuse to be dragged into the pages of the first Latin Grammar.

我们的课程就步步停顿下来；他的眼光游离，遁入空旷，他的心思也无法拽拉回到拉丁文第一册的书页上来。

youdao

Thereupon, they pointed to the empty loom, and the poor old minister kept opening his eyes wide, but he was unable to see anything because there was nothing to see.

就此，他们手指着空的纺织机，可怜的老大臣一直张大着眼睛，却看不到任何东西，因为根本没有东西可以看。

youdao

He drops off the moment he closes his eyes, he sleeps soundly until morning, and when he wakes up, his head is as empty as a jug.

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