hollow
adj. 空的; 空洞的; 虛偽的; 空腹的
n. 洞,坑; 山谷
vt.& vi. 挖空(某物),變空; 挖出(孔、洞)
Something that is hollow has a space inside it, as opposed to being solid all the way through.
...a hollow tree.
空心的樹
...a hollow cylinder.
中空圓筒
A surface that is hollow curves inwards.
He looked young, dark and sharp-featured, with hollow cheeks.
他看起來很年輕,膚色黝黑,五官分明,雙頰凹陷。
A hollow is a hole inside a tree.
I made my home there, in the hollow of a dying elm.
我在一棵快要枯死的榆樹的樹洞裡安了家。
A hollow is an area that is lower than the surrounding surface.
Below him the town lay warm in the hollow of the hill.
在他下方,小鎮臥在溫暖的山谷裡。
...where water gathers in a hollow and forms a pond.
在那裡水積聚在低窪處形成了池塘
If you describe a statement, situation, or person as hollow, you mean they have no real value, worth, or effectiveness.
Any threat to bring in the police is a hollow one.
任何威脅說要叫警察來的話都是虛聲恫嚇。
...a hollow man who's coasted on charm for far too long.
長久以來一直依靠個人魅力取勝的膚淺之人
If someone gives a hollow laugh, they laugh in a way that shows that they do not really find something amusing.
Murray Pick's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.
默裡·皮克的乾笑裡沒有一點快樂。
A hollow sound is dull and echoing.
...the hollow sound of a gunshot.
空洞的槍響
If something is hollowed, its surface is made to curve inwards or downwards.
The mule's back was hollowed by the weight of its burden.
騾背被重負壓得塌下了。
...her high, elegantly hollowed cheekbones.
她凹陷有致的高顴骨
1. a cavity or space in something;
2. a small valley between mountains;
3. a depression hollowed out of solid matter
1. remove the inner part or the core of;
2. remove the interior of;
1. not solid; having a space or gap or cavity;
2. deliberately deceptive;
3. as if echoing in a hollow space;
4. devoid of significance or point;
empty, vacant, hollow, blank, open
這些形容詞都有"空的"之意。
hole, cave, cavity, hollow, pit
這些名詞均有"洞,穴"之意。
beat someone hollow
完全(或徹底)擊敗(或超過)某人
She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.
她看上去又老又瘦,臉頰凹陷,眼圈發黑.
The boys scraped out a hollow place for planting trees.
那些孩子挖了個坑準備栽樹.
The hollow was full of trees but the higher ground was covered with grass.
凹地樹木成林,但高處長滿青草.
The cottage is in that hollow.
村舍在那片窪地.
He gave a hollow laugh.
他發出低沉空洞的笑聲.