1.空的with no people or things inside
an empty box/glass空盒；空杯
empty hands(= not holding anything)空手
an empty plate(= with no food on it)空盘子
The theatre was half empty .剧场空了一半。
an empty house/room/bus空着的房子╱房间╱公共汽车
Is this an empty chair(= a chair that nobody else is using) ?这张椅子没人坐吗？
The house had been standing empty(= without people living in it) for some time.这房子已经有一段时间没人住了。
It's not good to drink alcohol on an empty stomach(= without having eaten something) .空腹饮酒不好。
The room was empty of furniture.房间里什么家具都没有。
2.[ubn]空洞的；说话不算数的；无诚意的with no meaning; not meaning what is said
empty words空话
an empty promise兑现不了的承诺
an empty gesture aimed at pleasing the crowds旨在取悦观众的装腔作势
3.空虚的；无意义的；无目的的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.他死后三个月她仍然感到心里空落落的。
My life seems empty without you.没有你，我的生活似乎就没有了意义。
4.~ of sth没有；缺乏；无without a quality that you would expect to be there
words that were empty of meaning无意义的话
1.[t]倒空；腾空；掏空to remove everything that is in a container, etc.
He emptied the ashtrays, washed the glasses and went to bed.他倒掉烟灰缸里的灰，洗完杯子就上床睡觉了。
He emptied his glass and asked for a refill.他干了一杯，又要求再斟满一杯。
I emptied out my pockets but could not find my keys.我把口袋里的东西都掏了出来，仍然找不到我的钥匙。
She emptied the water out of the vase.她把水从花瓶里倒了出来。
The room had been emptied of all furniture.房间里所有的家具都搬走了。
She emptied her mind of all thoughts of home.她打消了想家的所有念头。
2.[i]变空to become empty
The streets soon emptied when the rain started.雨下起来时街上很快便空无一人。
The tank empties out in five minutes.箱里的液体五分钟就流干了。
3.[t]~ sth (out)把…移出，把…腾出（置于别处）to take out the contents of sth and put them somewhere else
She emptied the contents of her bag onto the table.她把包里的东西全倒在了桌子上。
Many factories emptied their waste into the river.许多工厂都将废料倒进了这条河里。
4.[t]~ sth（把…）撤出，撤离；撤空to make sure that everyone leaves a room, building, etc.
Police had instructions to empty the building because of a bomb threat.由于炸弹的威胁，警方奉命将所有人撤离这栋大楼。
5.[i]流入；涌进to flow or move out from one place to another
The Rhine empties into the North Sea.莱茵河流入北海。
Fans emptied out onto the streets after the concert.音乐会结束后，乐迷涌到大街上。
A leaf full of fish is all that was caught by a half day of emptying out a local stream.
叶子上满是小鱼，这些鱼是用半天时间从当地的小溪里打捞出来的。
Think of it like a jug of water: you can't keep emptying yourself out to look after children around you without filling yourself up again.
这就比如是一壶水：你自己都空空如也，拿什么去照顾孩子，非得把自己充满起来再说。
Tea drinking might have had the opposite effect: There is some evidence in rats that tea actually speeds up gastric emptying.
喝茶可能起相反效果：一些在老鼠中的研究显示，茶确实可以加速肠胃消化的速度。
Modern art was therefore an attempt to save the human imagination from the "emptying" and " sanitizing " effects of this new social order.
现代艺术于是便成为将人类的想象力从新型社会秩序的“虚化”和“净化”中拯救出来的尝试。
It begins to spit out masses of bees, as if it were emptying not only its guts but its soul.
蜂巢开始吐出成群的蜜蜂，仿佛不仅要倾空其肠胃，还要倾空其灵魂。
After emptying one safe and tossing the other out the window, the robbers jumped off the train and made an easy getaway.
在清空一个保险箱，并把另一个保险箱丢出窗外后，这些劫匪跳下火车并且顺利逃脱。
Could China's taste for a fine Claret or a chilled Riesling be emptying the wine cellars of the western world?
中国人对波尔多干红和雷司令冰酒的喜爱是否会将西方世界的葡萄酒酒窖一扫而空？
In case of leakage or otherwise damaged, the HRW must be repacked in a suitable size package without emptying the damaged packing.
为防止溢漏或其他损坏，医疗危险垃圾必须重新装入另一个尺寸合适的包装物中，破损的包装不用倒空。
Delayed gastric emptying(DGE)is one of the most frequent postoperative complication after pancreatoduodenectomy.
胃排空障碍是胰十二指肠切除术后最常见的并发症之一。
After emptying his revolver, the young Serb nationalist jumped into the shallow river that runs through the city and was quickly seized.
在打光手枪中的子弹后，这个年轻的塞尔维亚人民族主义者跳入穿城而过的一条小溪逃走，结果很快就被逮到。
But was the information strong enough to justify emptying the city's biggest hotel?
但是，难道这则消息就那么紧急，足以证明必须疏散市内最大的一家饭店吗？
The discharge port is communicated with a vacuum filter through a pipeline which is provided with an emptying valve.
出料孔通过设有放料阀的管道与一真空过滤器连接。
emptying the intermediate file (IF) to a tape for a new read cycle of information produced by the switching exchange system.
为实现新一轮交换局系统所产生信息的读取，将中间文件（IF）腾空转至磁带。
He may leave his socks lying around and avoid emptying the dishwasher, but a new study shows husbands do as much work as their wives.
也许他会把袜子到处乱丢不去洗碗筷，但是一项新的调查发现丈夫做的家务事和妻子做的差不多。
The Boat has been quiet this week after emptying its load of all the hot seamen that attended the Navy Seamen party the week before.
结束了上周疯狂的水手派对之后，船吧在这周显得有些安静。
Even now, when economic growth on the mainland has slowed to 7. 4 per cent, no one is emptying their closets of Gucci to feed the children.
即便在中国经济增长率放缓至7.4%的今天，也没有人为了养家糊口而卖掉他们衣柜里的古驰。
As you said at the end, meditation is the emptying of the mind of all conditioning so that there is no distortion or illusion.
正如你最后所说的，冥想是清空头脑所有的局限，这样就没有了扭曲或者幻觉。
Then she paused briefly before emptying the cup. Pure sweet of the honey remained on her lips.
停了一停，把最后一口喝干。嘴唇上还沾着蜂蜜纯粹的甜味。
Urodynamics provides a means for evaluation of the lower urinary tract and for assessment of the filling and emptying phases of the bladder.
尿动力学提供了一种手段，评价下尿路和评估输水阶段的膀胱。
the courtesans , as vandeuvres used to say , avenged public morality by emptying his moneybags.
正如旺德夫尔所说，那些女人用洗劫他的钱财的方式来为道德报仇。
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