词组 | empty |
释义 | empty /ˈempti/ adjective if something is empty, there is nothing or no one in itnounsan empty bottle/can/box/packet Can you put the empty bottles in the recycling bin?an empty cup/glass/plate A girl cleared away the empty cups.an empty cupboard/fridge/shelf The food had all gone and the cupboard was empty.an empty tank The fuel tank is almost empty.an empty room/hall/corridor His voice echoed through the empty room.an empty house/hotel/restaurant/building The hotel was completely empty when they arrived.an empty seat/chair/bed People began filling up the empty seats.an empty street The rain fell on the empty streets.an empty train/bus The trains are empty at the weekends.an empty space There was an empty space where his chair had been.an empty landscape (=with no trees, houses, hills etc) She stared out of the window at the bleak empty landscape.adverbscompletely empty The shelves were completely empty.almost/nearly/virtually/practically empty The restaurant was dark and almost empty, except for four men at a table.half-empty A half-empty bottle of red wine stood on the table.verbsa building stands/stays/lies empty (=no one lives there) The house stood empty for over a year.leave sth empty Holiday homes are sometimes left empty for months.prepositionsempty of people/traffic The streets were still empty of traffic.THESAURUS: emptywith nothing in it or on it bareroom | cupboard | landscape | tree | branch used about a room or cupboard that has very little in it: The room was bare, except for a small table. | She was hungry, but the cupboard was bare. | The road climbed up into a bare landscape of mountains. | I looked out at the bare trees in the snow (=with no leaves). blanksheet | page | screen | space | disk | tape used about a computer screen or a piece of paper that has no writing or pictures on it, or a disk or tape with nothing recorded on it: Fontaine handed her a pen and two sheets of blank paper. | The screen suddenly went blank (=became blank). | I’ve left a blank space for your signature. hollowtree | tube | cylinder | piece of wood used about something that has an empty space inside: The insects make their nests in hollow trees. | The device was hidden inside a hollow piece of wood.not being used freeseat | table | room | parking space available and not being used: There is a seat free by the window. | He said he was happy to wait until a table became free. | “Is the meeting room free?” “I’m sorry, it’s being used right now.” | There are never any parking spaces free at this time of day.Free is less commonly used before a noun. vacantroom | seat | chair | table | building | house | apartment | land | lot available and not being used. Vacant is more formal than free and is used especially about places you pay to use or buy: I asked the hotel if they had any vacant rooms. | He was lucky enough to find a vacant seat. | The table next to ours became vacant. | The house had been vacant for over a year. | They bought a vacant lot for $40,000 (=a small area of land).On toilets in public places, there is often a sign which says vacant (=empty) and engaged (=someone is using it).with no people there desertedstreet | road | beach | city | town | village | station | platform | place a deserted place is quiet because there is no one there, or because the people who used to be there have left: It was three o’clock in the morning and the streets were deserted. | We went for a walk along the deserted beach. | They found the remains of a deserted village. | The old lady stepped off the train onto the deserted platform. | This place is deserted at night. uninhabitedisland | area | region used about a place that has no people living in it, especially permanently: Cousin Island is a beautiful uninhabited island which is home to many rare birds. | The rocket fell in an uninhabited region of the Negev desert. unoccupiedhouse | apartment | flat | building | property | room used about a house or room that no one is living in or using at the moment: Burglaries frequently happen when people are on holiday and their house is unoccupied. | There was no noise and the building appeared to be unoccupied. | Never leave a candle burning in an unoccupied room.Unoccupied is less commonly used before a noun.ANTONYMS → full (1) |
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