hollow

单词辨析:

blank bare empty hollow vacant 【导航词义:空的】
blank adj. 空白的
〔辨析〕

指纸张无字迹的、未印刷过的,或磁带未录制内容的。

〔例证〕

a blank cheque/form

空白支票/表格

Leave the first page blank.

第一页留空。

bare adj. 空的;裸露的;荒芜的
〔辨析〕

指建筑物内部缺乏设施或装饰的,也指人身体部位裸露的,形容土地、树木等时表示其没有植被覆盖或枝叶凋落的。

〔例证〕

bare feet/trees

光着脚/光秃秃的树

She lived in that tiny bare room for six years.

她在那个空荡荡的小房间住了6年。

She wore a low-necked dress, and her arms were bare.

她穿着一件低领连衣裙,手臂裸露。

There's no carpet in the bedroom, just bare floorboards.

卧室里地板裸露,没有铺地毯。

empty adj. 空的;无人的
〔辨析〕

指容器里面什么也没有或者某个地方没有人的。

〔例证〕

an empty cup/room

空杯子/房间

The house stood empty for many years.

这房子好多年没人住了。

hollow adj. 空心的,中空的
〔辨析〕

指实物的内部是空心的。

〔例证〕

a hollow tree/tube

空心树/管子

Hollow blocks are used because they are lighter.

使用空心砖是因为它们更轻。

vacant adj. (地方)空的; [正式](职位)空缺的
〔辨析〕

指房屋、土地等未被占用的,或指工作或职位空缺的,侧重表示临时性的情况。

〔例证〕

The apartment is still vacant.

那套公寓仍然空着。

The position became vacant after his resignation.

他辞职后,这个职位暂时空缺。

相关例句:

Bamboo is light because it is hollow.

竹子很轻,因为它中间是空的。

Below him the town lay warm in the hollow of the hill.

在他下方,小镇卧在温暖的山谷里。

Bake some big red peppers and hollow them out.

将几个大红甜椒烤一烤,再把它们掏空。

The victory looks rather hollow. That takes nothing away from the courage and skill of the fighting forces.

胜利只是表面的,可这丝毫无损于战斗部队的勇气和技术。

Directly following this treatment, he had a hollow, empty feeling in his stomach.

这项治疗刚一结束,他就觉得胃里空空的。

Woodpeckers inhabit hollow trees.

啄木鸟栖息在中空的树中。