empty — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Tính từ

1. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

   Bản dịchKhông có nội dung; không chứa vật gì hay người nào; trống.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   unoccupiedclear

   Từ trái nghĩa

   full

   Ví dụ

   The bottle is empty.

   an empty purse

   an empty jug

   Thêm ví dụ (5)

   an empty stomach

   […] something in the little man's appearance suggested that he would be sufficiently attentive to his own comfort to choose the emptiest table.

   […] San Sebastian Church was desolate in the courtyard; emptier, lonelier inside with its pews stretched out like fallen pylons varnished by dolorous residue. From each candlelit nook stared in stony despair one after another saint, regal and rueful: proffering forgiveness, peace, a todo.

   United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.

   It's a 58-minute journey with seven intermediate stops, including a reversal at Cromer - another popular destination. The train starts to empty at North Walsham, and then there is an exodus at Cromer. The coach is almost empty for the final few miles into Sheringham.

2. Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

   Từ trái nghĩa

   non-empty

3. Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

   Cách dùng

   • không còn dùng

   Ví dụ

   And I ſhal finde you emptie of that fault, Right ioyfull of your reformation.

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   For that fair femal Troop thou sawst, that seemd Of Goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, Yet empty of all good wherein consists Womans domestic honour and chief praise;

4. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

   Ví dụ

   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, […]

   I hope it remaines not vnkindly with your Lordſhip, that I return'd you an empty Meſſenger.

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   And I will giue this people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians, and it shall come to passe that when ye goe, ye shall not goe empty:

5. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.

   Bản dịchKhông có tác dụng, sự chân thành hoặc ý nghĩa; nói về lời nói.

   Ví dụ

   Those were empty promises.

   empty words, or threats

   empty offer

   Thêm ví dụ (2)

   empty promises

   […] words are but empty thanks; my future conduct best will speak my gratitude.

6. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

   Ví dụ

   empty pleasures

   Ev'n I more sweetly pass my careless days, Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise;

7. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

   Ví dụ

   empty dreams

8. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.

   Ví dụ

   empty brains

   an empty coxcomb

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   Art thou thus bolden'd man by thy diſtres? Or elſe a rude deſpiſer of good manners, That in ciuility thou ſeem'ſt ſo emptie?

9. Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.

   Cách dùng

   • of some female animals

   Ví dụ

   Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.

10. Producing nothing; unfruitful.

    Cách dùng

    • không còn dùng
    • of a plant or tree

    Ví dụ

    an empty vine

    […] and the seuen emptie eares blasted with the East wind[…]

11. Hungry.

12. Lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish.

    Từ đồng nghĩa

    hollow

    Ví dụ

    Grotesquely vegetal, excessively oaked, empty wines were routinely produced in the mid-1980s. Since the late 1980s, however, the quality has soared.

Động từ

1. To make empty; to remove the contents of.

   Bản dịchLàm rỗng; lấy hết những gì bên trong.

   Cách dùng

   • ergative
   • ngoại động từ

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   voidevacuate

   Ví dụ

   Please empty the bag.

   to empty a well or a cistern

   The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.

   Thêm ví dụ (4)

   The suspected thief was requested to empty her pockets.

   If the clouds be full of raine, they emptie themselues vpon the earth[…]

   He saddens, all the magic light ⁠Dies off at once from bower and hall, ⁠And all the place is dark, and all The chambers emptied of delight: […]

   It's a 58-minute journey with seven intermediate stops, including a reversal at Cromer - another popular destination. The train starts to empty at North Walsham, and then there is an exodus at Cromer. The coach is almost empty for the final few miles into Sheringham.

2. Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

   Cách dùng

   • nội động từ

   Ví dụ

   Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.

   Of these the Rhine empties into the Northern ocean and the Danube into the Euxine.

Danh từ

1. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

   Cách dùng

   • in-plural

   Từ có nghĩa hẹp hơn

   dead marinedead soldier

   Ví dụ

   Put the empties out to be recycled.

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields.

   A shaft runround was made to conduct the empties from the tippler to the empty side of the shaft where they would rejoin the old circuit.

   Thêm ví dụ (2)

   In 1960 Willem de Kooning said of [Leo] Castelli, ‘That son of a bitch, you could give him two beer cans and he could sell them.’ [Jasper] Johns laughed and created a sculpture of two Ballantine Ale empties. Castelli immediately sold the work to collectors Robert and Ethel Scull.

   A number of locomotives have been drafted into the area to cover the traction shortfall, including two Class 60s: here No 60039 accelerates away from Eastleigh on the Chandlers Ford branch with the lunchtime Fareham to Whatley quarry empties on 20 August 2019.

Tính từ

1. holding or containing nothing

   Từ trái nghĩa

   full

   Ví dụ

   an empty glass

   an empty room

   Thêm ví dụ (2)

   full of empty seats

   empty hours

2. devoid of significance or force

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   hollowvacuous

   Ví dụ

   empty promises

   a hollow victory

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   vacuous comments

3. needing nourishment

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   empty-bellied

   Ví dụ

   after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime

   empty-bellied children

4. emptied of emotion

   Ví dụ

   after the violent argument he felt empty

Danh từ

1. a container that has been emptied

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   container

   Ví dụ

   return all empties to the store

Động từ

1. make void or empty of contents

   Từ trái nghĩa

   fill

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   changealtermodify

   Ví dụ

   Empty the box

   The alarm emptied the building

2. become empty or void of its content

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   discharge

   Từ trái nghĩa

   fill

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   change stateturn

   Ví dụ

   The room emptied

3. leave behind empty; move out of

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   vacateabandon

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   leavego forthgo away

   Ví dụ

   You must vacate your office by tonight

4. remove the contents of a container

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   removetaketake awaywithdrawtake offpull

   Ví dụ

   Empty the water

5. excrete or discharge from the body

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   evacuatevoid

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   excreteegesteliminatepass