empty

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛm(p).ti/|[ˈɛm(p).tʰi]    美 /ˈɛm(p).ti/|[ˈɛm(p).tʰi]|/ˈem(p).ti/|[ˈem(p).tʰi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. in-plural
    — Put the empties out to be recycled.
动词 v.
  1. To make empty; to remove the contents of. ergative,transitive
    — to empty a well or a cistern
  2. Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination. intransitive
    — Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.
形容词 adj.
  1. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
    — an empty purse
  2. Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
  3. Free; clear; devoid; often with of. obsolete
    — And I ſhal finde you emptie of that fault, Right ioyfull of your reformation.
  4. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
    — I hope our Ladies treaſure and our owne, May ſerue for ranſome to our liberties: Returne our Mules and emptie Camels backe, That we may trauell into Siria, […]
  5. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
    — empty words, or threats
  6. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
    — empty pleasures
  7. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
    — empty dreams
  8. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
    — empty brains
  9. Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
    — Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.
  10. Producing nothing; unfruitful. obsolete
    — an empty vine
  11. Hungry.
  12. Lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish.
    — Grotesquely vegetal, excessively oaked, empty wines were routinely produced in the mid-1980s. Since the late 1980s, however, the quality has soared.

词形变化

emptier comparative emptiest superlative empties present,singular,third-person emptying participle,present emptied participle,past emptied past empties plural

词汇关系

近义词
empty empty as a pauper's purse empty as the tomb on Easter clean leer toom unfilled vacant vacuumlike vacuous void
反义词
cramful cramfull freighted fraught full jammed jam-packed jam rammed laden loaded non-empty packed packed to the gills packed to the rafters rammed rammed to the rafters stuffed stuffed to the gills fill
上位词
insubstantial lacking
下位词
bare hollow unfreighted unfraught unfurnished uninhabited unladen unloaded unstocked unsupplied
衍生词
emptiable empty the clip empty the tank overempty unemptied
相关词
∅ ∅- -∅ empty set

词源

词源 1
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet.
The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.
词源 2
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet.
The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.
词源 3
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet.
The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.
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