emp·ty

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第411页（581字）

【释义】：

a．①空的，空着的：an empty box空箱．an empty room一间空屋．return empty 空手回来，空返．be(or feel) empty【口语】饿．②空洞的，空虚的：empty words空话．an empty face没有表情的脸．be empty of meaning无意义的．③空转的，空载的．

－n．(pl．)空的容器，空车等：Empties are not taken back．不退瓶．

－vt．倒空，搬空，放出：empty one’s glass干杯．empty(out)a drawer把抽屉腾空．empty the horses from a stable把马从圈里赶出来．empty one’s gun开枪．The river empties itself into the sea．河水流入海里．

－vi．①变空：The streets soon emptied when the rain started．下雨时街上很快就没人了．②流注，放出：The water empties slowly．水慢慢流出．