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

• Can the mind face and live with this emptiness, and not escape in any direction?
  心智能不能面对并与这种空虚共处，而不向任何方向逃避？
• And with his Irishman's sense of the tragic, she also knew he felt something about such emptiness.
  她也知道，凭他的爱尔兰人对悲剧和敏感性，他已感觉出一些这种空虚。
• 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。
• Without you, life just an ever ending emptiness.
  没有你，生命只是一个空虚的结局！
• 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。
• If I am empty, then all I can give you is my emptiness.
  如果我生活空虚，那么我能给予你的只能是我的空虚。
• All space-directions are void.; Everything is emptiness.
  四大皆空。
• Past events have turned to emptiness, becoming like things in a dream.
  往事已成空，还如一梦中。（李煜《子夜歌》）
• I felt a mix of emotions such as depression, loss, and emptiness.
  我百感交集，心中充满沮丧、失落和空虚感。