emptiness

英 [ˈemptinəs]

美 [ˈemptinəs]

n.  空虚; 空无; 空旷; 空地

复数：emptinesses　

Collins.1 / BNC.11876 / COCA.9389

牛津词典

noun

• 空虚
  a feeling of being sad because nothing seems to have any value
  1. There was an aching emptiness in her heart.
     她的内心有一种隐隐作痛的空虚感。
• 空无；空旷
  the fact that there is nothing or nobody in a place
  1. The silence and emptiness of the house did not scare her.
     房子的空寂并未使她感到害怕。
• 空地
  a place that is empty
  1. He stared out at the vast emptiness that was the sea.
     他放眼向辽阔无际的海洋望去。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 空虚
  A feeling ofemptinessis an unhappy or frightening feeling that nothing is worthwhile, especially when you are very tired or have just experienced something upsetting.
  1. The result later in life may be feelings of emptiness and depression.
     之后对生活产生的影响可能会是空虚感和沮丧感。
• N-UNCOUNT 空寂;空旷
  Theemptinessof a place is the fact that there is nothing in it.
  1. ...the emptiness of the desert.
     沙漠的空旷
• N-SING 空旷之处；空地
  Anemptinessis a very large area of land, sea, or space that has nothing in it.
  1. I drove for a while across this fearsome emptiness.
     我开车开了好一阵穿过这片可怕的空旷之地。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being valueless or futile
  1. he rejected the vanities of the world
  Synonym:vanity
• an empty area or space
  1. the huge desert voids
  2. the emptiness of outer space
  3. without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
  Synonym:voidvacancyvacuum
• having an empty stomach
• the state of containing nothing

双语例句

• They put being alone in the same category as loneliness and emptiness.
  他们把独自一人与孤独和空虚归作一类。
• Why all this emptiness despite our wealth?
  为什么财富带来了空虚？
• We often cast our hopes and dreams aside, and then experience feelings of disillusionment or emptiness.
  我们往往会把希望和梦想撇在一旁，然后，去体验理想破灭或空虚。
• There's an emptiness, a distance from life that I can't seem to fix.
  我生活中的空虚和与生活间的距离看起来很难修复。
• I drove for a while across this fearsome emptiness.
  我开车开了好一阵穿过这片可怕的空旷之地。
• Now, I feel my world is missing something or feel emptiness.
  现在，我感觉我的世界正在失去某事或感觉空虚。
• He looked around his dark, cluttered office and was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness.
  他环顾自己昏暗杂乱的办公室，陷入一阵空虚之中。
• Lonely sail, distant shadow,| vanish in blue emptiness;| all I see is the great river| flowing to the far horizon.
  孤帆远影碧空尽，唯见长江天际流。（李白《黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵》）
• My eager hands press emptiness to my heart and it bruises my breast.
  我渴望的双手把空虚紧压在我心上，压碎了我的胸膛。
• So what is this emptiness, this loneliness?
  所以，这种空虚，这种孤独是什么？