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I . empty [ˈemptı] ADJ

1. empty:

empty
空的 kōngde
an empty bottle
空瓶子

II . empty [ˈemptı] VB trans, intr

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III . empty [ˈemptı] N

empty [ˈemptı]

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be empty of ...
没有… méiyǒu…
▶ emptily ADV
▶ emptiness N

empty-caloried [ˈkælərıd] ADJ

empty nest N

empty nester [ˈnestə] N

empty-nest depression N

empty-nest syndrome N

Usage examples with empty

be empty of ...
没有… méiyǒu…
empty the bag
和盘托出 hé pán tuō chū
an empty bottle
空瓶子
an empty promise
空洞的诺言

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Thus, in principle, the motion of two oppositely charged particles in empty space would also be an ellipse.
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Without money, he also picked up the half-empty tubes left by careless students and used them to paint.
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It's an oft-repeated story that has left cities across the nation littered with abandoned concrete shells and half-empty malls.
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If both players decide to shaft, both players walk away empty-handed.
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Vandalism, graffiti, litter, drug-taking, burglaries and car crime were rife, and these problems had contributed to an increasing number of empty properties on the estate.
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For example, 1 is the least element of the positive integers and the empty set is the least set under the subset order.
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The boats were shallow draft, three and a half to five inches empty and twenty-eight inches loaded.
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The hall was empty for twenty years from the late 1970s and was becoming dangerously unsafe, with incipient damp and rot.
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She can't go up the stairs, so there's a commode to empty out.
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If a child's baby tooth is lost before the permanent tooth is ready to erupt, adjacent teeth will drift and tip into the empty space.
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