Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #7023
hollow
空洞；空穴
核心释义
A hole or empty space inside something solid.
- 1.
小山谷；山坳
A small valley between mountains.
- 2.
物体中的空腔或空间
a cavity or space in something
- 3.
凹坑；洼地
A sunken area on a surface.
- 4.
山间小谷
a small valley between mountains
- 5.
空洞；空腔
An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
- 6.
固体物质上挖出的凹陷
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- 7.
空虚感
A feeling of emptiness.
小山谷；凹谷；凹陷；洼地；空虚感；空洞感；小山谷；山坳；物体中的空腔或空间
用法In use
The rabbit hid in a hollow under the old oak tree.
用法提示：作名词，表示'洞穴'，指树下的空洞
Explorers discovered a deep hollow in the mountainside.
用法提示：作名词，表示'凹陷处'，指山体上的空洞
Water collected in the hollows of the rocky path.
用法提示：用复数形式，表示多个'坑洞'
hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
a hollow in sth
The bird made its nest in a hollow in the tree.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a hollow in the ground
- 地上的凹坑；地面的凹陷
- Water collected in a hollow in the ground after the rain.雨后，水积聚在地面的凹坑里。
- the hollow of your hand
- 手掌窝；手心
- She held the small bird in the hollow of her hand.她把小鸟捧在手心里。
- a tree hollow
- 树洞
- Parrots often nest in tree hollows.鹦鹉常在树洞里筑巢。
- a hollow between the hills
- 山间小谷
- The farm is in a hollow between the hills.农场坐落在两山之间的小谷里。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
hollow 听起来像 hole-low（低处的洞），山坳、凹坑正是低处的空洞。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday speech、landscape description、literary prose hollow 作名词时，指空腔或凹陷等具体意义通常用于日常口语和一般书面语，语域中性；指山谷或空虚感等意义则多见于文学作品或地理描写，语域偏正式。整体语域混合，需根据义项判断。
语法说明Grammar Note
作为名词，指物体内部的空洞或凹处，常与介词 in 或 of 连用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 hollow /ˈhɑloʊ/ 押韵的词：follow /ˈfɑloʊ/、swallow /ˈswɑloʊ/、wallow /ˈwɑloʊ/（均读 /-ɑloʊ/）。注意拼写相似的 shallow /ˈʃæloʊ/ 和 pillow /ˈpɪloʊ/ 元音不同（/æ/、/ɪ/），borrow /ˈbɑroʊ/ 因 /r/ 音也不押韵。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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