empty /ˈɛmptɪ/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (emptying,emptied,emptier,empties,emptiest)

• 1.  

  ADJ（形容词） An empty place, vehicle, or container is one that has no people or things in it. 空的

  例：

  The room was bare and empty.

  房间空荡荡的。

• 2.  

  ADJ（形容词） An empty gesture, threat, or relationship has no real value or meaning. 无实在意义的

  例：

  His father had threatened disinheritance, but both men had known it was an empty threat.

  他父亲威胁要剥夺他的继承权，但是两人都知道这是虚张声势。

• 3.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you describe a person's life or a period of time as empty, you mean that nothing interesting or valuable happens in it. 空虚的

  例：

  My life was very hectic but empty before I met him.

  我的生活在遇见他之前忙碌却空虚。

• 4.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you feel empty, you feel unhappy and have no energy, usually because you are very tired or have just experienced something upsetting. 消沉的

  例：

  I feel so empty, my life just doesn't seem worth living any more.

  我感到非常消沉，我的生活简直好像不值得再过下去了。

• 5.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you empty a container, or empty something out of it, you remove its contents, especially by tipping it up. 倒空

  例：

  I emptied the ashtray.

  我倒空了烟灰缸。

• 6.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） If someone empties a room or place, or if it empties, everyone in it goes away. 清场

  例：

  The stadium emptied at the end of the first day of games.

  体育馆在第一天比赛结束的时候清场了。

• 7.  

  V-I（不及物动词） A river or canal that empties into a lake, river, or sea flows into it. 流入

  例：

  The Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan near that pipe.

  密尔沃基河在那条管道附近流入密歇根湖。

• 8.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Empties are bottles or containers that no longer have anything in them. 空容器

  例：

  After breakfast we'll take the empties down in the sack.

  早餐后我们要用袋子把空瓶子拿下去。