hollow

漢語翻譯

詞型變化：

詞意辨析：

empty, vacant, hollow

這一組詞都表示“空的”，但涵義有所不同。
empty: 意思是“裡面沒有東西”、“一無所有”，具有“空無一物”的隱含意義，它可以用來描繪box、vessel、cupboard、bag、purse、room、house、street、stomach、head 等詞。

• this trunk is empty of its contents.
  這隻箱子空空如也。
• we found the room empty.
  我們發現房間裡空無一物。
• at midnight even the busiest street is empty.
  午夜時分，甚至最繁忙的大道上也不見人影。

vacant: 意思是“閒著的”、“無人占據的”，著重指臨時性的情況，如：vacant seat、vacant apartment、vacant position等。

• we have no vacant position here.
  我們這裡沒有空職。
• a vacant seat was found in this compartment.
  在這個車廂里找到了一個空的座位。

hollow: 意思是“空心的”、“中空的”、“空洞的”、“下陷的”，它常與tree、ball、cheeks、voice、sound、words、promise等詞連用，由此可見，它既可用以指實物的“中空”，亦可指 words、promise、compliments的“虛假”，用於後者場合是比喻意義。

• this is a hollow tree.
  這是一棵中空的樹。
• i don't like to hear his hollow words.
  我不喜歡聽他那些空洞的話。
• the tears rolled down her hollow cheeks.
  淚水從她下陷的雙頰流了下來。
• his argument sounds hollow.
  他的論點空洞。

英文解釋：

名詞 hollow:

1. a cavity or space in something
2. a small valley between mountains
   同義詞：holler
3. a depression hollowed out of solid matter
   同義詞：hole

動詞 hollow:

1. remove the inner part or the core of
   同義詞：excavate, dig
2. remove the interior of
   同義詞：hollow out, core out

形容詞 hollow:

1. not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
2. deliberately deceptive
   同義詞：false
3. as if echoing in a hollow space
4. devoid of significance or point
   同義詞：empty, vacuous

例句：

1. A depression or hollow resembling or suggesting a valley, as the point at which the two slopes of a roof meet.
   屋谷與山谷相象或讓人想起山谷的凹處或窪處，如屋頂兩個斜面相遇的那一點
2. His protests on human rights sound hollow.
   他就人權問題提出的抗議聽來很空洞。
3. This tree looks high and strong but actually its trunk is hollow.
   這棵樹看起來又高又壯，實際上樹幹是空的。