empty
US: /ˈɛmpti/, /ˈɛmti/
UK: /ˈɛmpti/
UK: /ˈɛmpti/
English Vietnamese dictionary
empty /'empti/
- tính từ
- trống, rỗng, trống không, không
- the car is empty of petrol: xe không còn xăng, xe đã hết xăng
- rỗng, không có đồ đạc; không có người ở (nhà)
- rỗng tuếch (người); không có nội dung, vô nghĩa (sự việc); hão, suông (lời hứa)
- (thông tục) đói bụng; rỗng
- empty stomach: bụng rỗng
- to feel empty: thấy đói bụng
- the empty vessel makes the greatest sound
- (tục ngữ) thùng rỗng kêu to
- trống, rỗng, trống không, không
- danh từ
- (thương nghiệp) vỏ không (thùng không chai không, túi không...)
- (thương nghiệp) vỏ không (thùng không chai không, túi không...)
- ngoại động từ
- đổ, dốc (chai...); làm cạn, uống cạn (cốc...)
- trút, chuyên
- chảy vào (đổ ra (sông)
- the Red River empties itself into the sea: sông Hồng đổ ra biển
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, verb
+ adjective (emptier, emptiest)
1 ~ (of sth) with no people or things inside: an empty box / glass + empty hands (= not holding anything) + an empty plate (= with no food on it) + The theatre was half empty. + an empty house / room / bus + As it got later, the streets became empty. + Is this an empty chair (= not one that another person will be using)? + The house had been standing empty (= without people living in it) for some time. + It's not good to drink alcohol on an empty stomach (= without having eaten something). + (formal) The room was empty of furniture. + (formal) For the first time in years, Trafalgar Square was empty of pigeons.
2 [usually before noun] (of sth that sb says or does) with no meaning; not meaning what is said: empty words + an empty promise + an empty gesture aimed at pleasing the crowds
3 (of a person, or a person's life) unhappy because life does not seem to have a purpose, usually after sth sad has happened: Three months after his death, she still felt empty. + My life seems empty without you.
4 ~ of sth without a quality that you would expect to be there: words that were empty of meaning
emptily adverb: She stood staring emptily into space.
Idioms: the empty nest the situation that parents are in when their children have left home: the empty nest syndrome
+ verb (empties, emptying, emptied, emptied)
1 [VN] ~ sth (out / out of sth)
~ sth (of sth) to remove everything that is in a container, etc: I emptied out my pockets but could not find my keys. + She emptied the water out of the vase. + He emptied his glass and asked for a refill. + He emptied the ashtrays, washed the glasses and went to bed. + The room had been emptied of all furniture. + (figurative) She emptied her mind of all thoughts of home.
2 [V] ~ (out) to become empty: The tank empties out in five minutes. + The streets soon emptied when the rain started.
3 [VN] ~ sth (out) to take out the contents of sth and put them somewhere else: She emptied the contents of her bag onto the table. + Many factories emptied their waste into the river.
4 [VN] to make sure that everyone leaves a room, building, etc.
Synonym: EVACUATE
Police had instructions to empty the building because of a bomb threat.
5 [V] ~ (out) into / onto sth to flow or move out from one place to another: The Rhine empties into the North Sea. + Fans emptied out onto the streets after the concert.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 void, unfilled, hollow, bare, barren, vacant, unfurnished, unadorned, undecorated; emptied, drained, spent, exhausted:
That empty space on the wall needs a painting.
2 vacant, unoccupied, uninhabited, untenanted:
He finally found an empty flat with two bedrooms.
3 deserted, desolate, uninhabited, wild, waste, bare, barren; forsaken:
He wandered for days on the empty moor.
4 trivial, insincere, hypocritical, hollow, cheap, worthless, valueless, meaningless, insignificant, insubstantial, unsatisfying, idle:
His promises were merely words, empty words.
5 vacant, blank, deadpan, expressionless, poker-faced; vacuous, fatuous, stupid, foolish, inane:
He looked at me with that empty expression of his.
6 blank, clean, new, unused, clear:
On an empty page write your name and the date.
7 empty of. devoid of, lacking (in), wanting, in want of, deficient in, destitute of, without, sans:
Their hearts are empty of compassion.
v.
8 clear, remove, take out or away, put out, cast or throw out, eject; vacate, evacuate; dump, drain, exhaust, pour out, void, discharge, unload:
Thieves emptied everything from the house. The police are emptying the building because of a bomb scare. Empty these bottles outside.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
appear, be, feel, lie, look, seem
The box lay empty on the bed.
| become, end up
The reservoirs could end up empty if this dry weather continues.
| remain, stand, stay
The council is letting useful housing stand empty.
| leave sth
The house had been left empty for several weeks.
ADV.
completely, quite, totally, utterly
There was a vast expanse of utterly empty sky to look at.
| almost, nearly, practically, virtually | largely, mostly | half
a half-empty box of chocolates
| fairly, relatively
Some parts of the city are desperately overcrowded while others are relatively empty.
| apparently | curiously, horribly
The house felt curiously empty without the children.
PREP.
of
The streets were empty of people.
1 make sth empty
ADV.
completely
The cupboards had all been completely emptied.
| half | out
We emptied out the tank.
PREP.
of
He emptied the bottle of its contents.
2 become empty
ADV.
completely | half
The hall half emptied as bored businessmen raced for the buffet tables.
| out
The room gradually emptied out.
PREP.
into
The castle had a deep moat which emptied into the lake.
| of
The streets soon emptied of shoppers.
Concise English dictionary
emptied|emptier|emptiest|empties|emptying'emptɪ
noun
+a container that has been emptied
verb
+make void or empty of contents
+become empty or void of its content
+leave behind empty; move out of
+remove
+excrete or discharge from the body
adj.
+holding or containing nothing
+devoid of significance or point
+having nothing inside
+needing nourishment
+emptied of emotion
