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be empty
The box is empty.
这个盒子是空的。
空的；空无一物的；无人的
emptier — comparative of empty
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空的；空无一物的；无人的
containing nothing; with no people, objects, or contents inside
The box is empty.
这个盒子是空的。
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
The bottle is empty; we need to buy more water.
瓶子是空的，我们需要再买些水。
After the party, the room was completely empty.
派对结束后，房间里完全空了。
I haven't eaten all day, so my stomach is empty.
我一整天没吃东西，所以胃是空的。
The box is empty.
这个盒子是空的。
表示缺乏某物
The streets were empty of people.
街道上空无一人。
After he left, she felt empty inside.
他离开后，她内心感到空虚。
修饰名词表示空的某物
He sat at an empty table.
他坐在一张空桌子旁。
Not this
The tree trunk is empty inside.
Use this
The tree trunk is hollow inside.
中文的“空”可以指空洞的，但英语中“empty”指容器内没有内容，而“hollow”指物体内部有空洞。表示树木的树干中空时应用“hollow”而非“empty”。
Not this
After the party, the room was emptied.
Use this
After the party, the room was empty.
“emptied”是过去分词，强调被倒空的动作；而“empty”是形容词，描述状态。此处描述房间的状态是空的，应用形容词“empty”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
空房子
They left the empty house after moving out.
他们搬走后留下了空房子。
空荡荡的街道
The empty street was eerie at midnight.
午夜时分空荡荡的街道令人毛骨悚然。
空瓶子
Please recycle this empty bottle.
请回收这个空瓶子。
空腹
Don't drink coffee on an empty stomach.
不要空腹喝咖啡。
空头承诺
Politicians often make empty promises.
政客们经常做出空头承诺。
空虚感
He had an empty feeling after the breakup.
分手后他有一种空虚感。
空巢
After her children left for college, she experienced the empty nest syndrome.
孩子们上大学后，她经历了空巢综合征。
空手而归的
The burglar left empty-handed after the alarm went off.
警报响起后，窃贼空手而逃。
空头承诺
Politicians often make empty promises during campaigns.
政客们在竞选期间常常作出空头承诺。
杯子是半空的。
She always sees the glass as half empty, never half full.
她总是看到杯子半空，从不看到半满。
空椅子，空桌子。
After the battle, the room was filled with empty chairs at empty tables.
战斗结束后，房间里满是空椅子和空桌子。
Use emptier naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个空杯子，里面什么都没有，就是“empty”的“空”。发音 /ˈɛmpti/ 可联想“饿着肚子空空的”。
通常用于描述容器或空间内没有东西
常与of连用，表示'缺乏...'，也可单独使用
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