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

• 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》）
• The passing of time brought a sense of emptiness
  时间的流逝带来了一丝空虚感。
• We felt so free but emptiness is all that's left in me.
  我们都感觉到了自由但空虚已独处我心。
• The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.
  巨大的空虚感汹涌袭来。
• Face it all, Henry won just disillusioned feeling, confusion feeling and emptiness.
  面对这一切，亨利所获得的只是幻灭感、迷惘感和空虚感。
• And I think it's because spiritual emptiness is a universal disease.
  我认为这是因为精神上的空虚，这是整个地球的通病。
• 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。
• All space-directions are void.; Everything is emptiness.
  四大皆空。
• 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。
• So what is this emptiness, this loneliness?
  所以，这种空虚，这种孤独是什么？