EMPTY1 container/bottle/glass2 building/room/seat3 place/area of land4 paper/tape/screen5 to make something empty6 to make everyone leave a place7 a room or place becomes emptyRELATED WORDSoppositeFULL1 container/bottle/glass 容器/瓶子/玻璃杯empty /ˈempti/ [adjective]a container, bottle, or glass that is empty has nothing inside it 〔容器、瓶子或玻璃杯〕空的 There were two empty beer bottles on the table. 桌子上放着两个空啤酒瓶。 I noticed her glass was empty, and offered her some more wine. 我注意到她的杯子空了，就叫她再来一点葡萄酒。 There was nothing at all in the room except an empty cupboard. 房间里除了一个空柜子，什么也没有。half emptyused to say that half of the contents of a packet. bottle etc have been used 半空的 We've only got one bottle of milk left, and that's half empty. 我们只剩一瓶牛奶，而且是已经喝了一半的。empties /ˈemptiz/ [plural noun]informalempty containers, especially empty bottles 【非正式】空容器；〔尤指〕空瓶 The bartender picked up the crate of empties and took it down to the cellar. 酒吧侍者搬起装着空瓶的箱子，把它搬到了地窖。 You can get some money back if you return the empties to the shop. 把空瓶子归还商店可以退得一些钱。there's nothing in it /ðeəʳz ˌnʌθɪŋ ˈɪn ɪt/use this to say that a container is empty 里面什么都没有 I looked in her bag, but there was nothing in it. 我看了她的袋子，但是里面什么也没有。2 building/room/seat 建筑物/房间/座位empty /ˈempti/ [adjective]a building, room, or seat that isempty has nothing or no-one in it 〔建筑物、房间或座位〕无人的；空的 My footsteps echoed across the empty room. 我的脚步声在空房间里回响。 We were a little worried to find that half the seats in the theatre were empty. 我们有点儿担心，剧院有一半的座位是空的。 Police say the shot was fired from an empty office building across the street. 警方说子弹是从街对面一幢空的办公大楼里射过来的。half emptyused to say that a room, building etc has not got many people in it 半空的 I was surprised that the train was half empty at that time of day. 我很吃惊，这个时间段的火车上竟然会有一半的位置空着。free /friː/ [adjective not usually before noun]a seat, space, or room that isfree is not being used and is available for people to use 〔座位、空间或房间〕空置的，无人使用的 Is this seat free? 这个座位有人吗？ There are never any parking spaces free at this time of day. 这个时候从来没有空的车位。 The meeting room won't be free until at least 3.30, I'm afraid. 会议室恐怕至少要到3：30才能空出来。vacant /ˈveɪkənt/ [adjective]a building, room, or seat that isvacant is not being used and is available for people to use 〔建筑物、房间或座位〕无人使用的，未被占用的，空着的 The police had set up a temporary station in a vacant apartment across the street. 警方在街对面的一个空的寓所里设立了临时警岗。 The next guesthouse we tried had a couple of rooms vacant. 我们后来去问的那家旅馆有几个房间空着。 Brunton went into the bar, but he couldn't spot a single vacant seat. 布伦顿走进酒吧，但是找不到一个空位子。bare /beəʳ/ [adjective]a room or building that isbare has very little furniture or other things in it 〔房间或建筑物〕空无一物的；没有家具的 The room was completely bare except for a bed against the wall. 房间内除了墙边放着一张床之外空无一物。 We spent a long time walking through the bare rooms, remembering the games we used to play there. 我们在这些空荡荡的房间里走了很长时间，回忆着曾在里面玩过的游戏。unoccupied /ʌnˈɒkjɑpaɪdǁ-ˈɑːk-/ [adjective]especially writtenanunoccupied house, room, office etc is not being lived in or used 【尤书面】〔房屋、房间、办公室等〕无人居住的；无人占用的 Many of the old houses that back onto the railway are now unoccupied. 背靠铁路的许多老房子现在都已无人居住。 It's a scandal that there are so many unoccupied buildings in this city, and so many homeless people. 这座城市一边空着这么多大楼，一边又有这么多人无家可归，这真是说不过去。3 place/area of land 地方/一块土地empty /ˈempti/ [adjective]a place that is empty has no-one in it 〔地方〕空的，无人的 It was 2 o'clock in the morning and the streets were completely empty. 那是凌晨两点，街上空无一人。deserted /dɪˈzɜːʳtɪd, dɪˈzɜːʳtəd/ [adjective]a place that isdeserted is empty and quiet because there is no one there, or the people who are usually there have left 〔地方〕废弃的，无人居住的 The beach was deserted and unsafe for bathing according to the guidebook. 根据导游手册上说，这处海滩已废弃，游泳不安全。 We passed through several deserted villages whose inhabitants had fled. 我们经过几个废弃的村子，那里的居民都已逃走了。uninhabited /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəd◂, ˌʌnɪnˈhæbətəd◂/ [adjective]an area or place that is uninhabited has no people living in it 〔地区或地方〕无人居住的 Most of the islands in Clear Bay are uninhabited. 克利尔湾的大部分岛屿荒无人烟。 Access to this remote uninhabited Himalayan mountain is via high snow-covered passes. 进入这座渺无人烟的喜马拉雅山，要经过一道道白雪覆盖的高峻山口。desolate /ˈdesələt/ [adjective]an area that isdesolate is empty and sad-looking, because there are no people there, no trees or plants growing, and nothing attractive to see 〔地区〕荒凉的，荒芜的，无人烟的 We looked out over a desolate landscape of bare trees and stony fields. 我们举目远眺，大地一片荒凉，只有光秃秃的树木和满布石头的旷野。 The little mining town was desolate and ugly. 那座矿区小城一片荒凉，场面惨淡。 the desolate terrain of the moon 月球上荒凉的地形ghost town /ˈgəʊst taʊn/ [countable noun]a town that is empty because all the people have left 被废弃的城镇become/turn into a ghost town Since the closing of the coal mines the place has become a ghost town. 自从煤矿关闭之后，这个地方就空无一人了。 By March the population had been evacuated, and Verdun had become a ghost town. 到了3月份，镇上人口都已被疏散，凡尔登成了一座空城。wasteland /ˈweɪstlænd, -lənd/ [countable/uncountable noun]an area of land, especially in a city, that is empty, ugly, and unused 〔尤指城镇中的〕荒地 The area down by the docks is just a wasteland. 码头旁边不过是一片荒地。 Detectives discovered the man's body dumped on wasteland near the railway. 侦探们发现那具男尸被弃在铁路旁边的荒地里。4 paper/tape/screen 纸张/磁带/屏幕blank /blæŋk/ [adjective]a blank screen, tape, or piece of paper has nothing written or recorded on it 空白的〔指屏幕、磁带、纸张等〕 Ian stared at the blank sheet of paper in front of him. 伊恩盯着面前的这张空白纸。 I want to record the late-night movie. Do we have any blank video cassettes? 我想把这部午夜电影录下来，我们有空的录像带吗？space /speɪs/ [countable noun]a place that has been left empty in a piece of writing, especially so that you can write something in it 〔尤指用于书写的〕空白处 There's a space for you to sign your name. 你可以在空白的地方签名。 Write your address in the space provided. 请在空白处写上你的地址。empty space The students were told to fill in the empty spaces with suitable adjectives. 学生被要求用恰当的形容词填空。empty /ˈempti/ [adjective]a page or piece of paper that isempty has nothing written or drawn on it 〔一页或一张纸〕空白的 He stared at the empty page. The test was nearly over, and he hadn't managed to answer any of the questions. 他呆呆地看着这空白的纸。考试快要结束了，而他却一个问题也没答出来。 an empty canvas with a few red blobs in the centre 一张空白的油画布，中间有几滴红色的颜料5 to make something empty 使某物变空empty /ˈempti/ [transitive verb]to make somethingempty by removing what was in it 倒空 The garbage cans are emptied once a week. 垃圾桶一星期倒一次。empty your pockets The police made us stand against the wall and told us to empty our pockets. 警察让我们靠墙站好，然后叫我们掏空口袋。empty your glassdrink everything that is in it 干杯，喝光 ‘See you,’ he called, emptying his glass and making for the door. “再见了。”他大声说着，喝完杯酒就朝门口走去。drain /dreɪn/ [transitive verb]to remove all the liquid from a large container or a machine 排去〔大容器或机器等内的液体〕 The police even drained the lake in their search for the body. 警方为了寻找尸体，甚至排干了湖水。drain off something/drain something off To remove algae from your aquarium, drain off the water and wash the tank thoroughly. 要除去鱼缸里的藻类，就得放掉水彻底清洗缸壁。clear out /ˌklɪər ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb]to empty a room, cupboard, house etc, especially because you no longer want the things that are in it 清理〔房间、橱柜、房屋等，尤因不再需要里面的东西〕clear out something I found a pile of her old letters while I was clearing out my desk. 我在清理自己的桌子的时候，发现了她的一堆旧书信。clear something out We have to clear the garage out this weekend. 这个周末我们得把车库清理一下。have a clear-out [verb phrase]Britishwhen you empty your cupboards, a room etc and get rid of things 【英】清理，清除 I decided to have a clear-out and throw out all my old clothes. 我决定来个大清理，扔掉我所有的旧衣服。turn out /ˌtɜːʳn ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb]Britishto empty a cupboard, a drawer, pockets etc, especially when you are looking for something 【英】翻空，倒空〔碗橱、抽屉、口袋等，尤为寻找某物〕turn out something/turn something out The headteacher told them to turn out their pockets. 校长叫他们掏空口袋。 The thieves had turned out the drawer, scattering the contents on the floor. 窃贼们翻空了抽屉，里面的东西撒落了一地。6 to make everyone leave a place 使大家都离开一个地方clear /klɪəʳ/ [transitive verb]to empty a place by asking the people in it to leave 〔请人们离开而〕使〔地方〕变空，清空 Police cleared the building and carried out a controlled explosion. 警方清空了大楼，并进行控制引爆。 The area around the palace had been cleared for the parade. 宫殿周围为游行清理了道路。evacuate /ɪˈvækjueɪt/ [transitive verb]if the police or the authorities evacuate a place, they order everyone in it to leave, especially because it may be dangerous 撤离，疏散〔尤因有危险〕 A five-block area had to be evacuated following the discovery of 500 pounds of dynamite in a house. 在一栋房子里发现藏有500磅炸药之后，不得不疏散了五个街区的居民。 Terra, 60 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, was evacuated as the fires threatened to spread. 由于受到火势蔓延的威胁，盐湖城西南面60英里的特拉镇上的人口被疏散了。7 a room or place becomes empty 房间或地方变空empty /ˈempti/ [intransitive verb]to becomeempty because all the people leave 〔由于所有的人离开而〕变空 On Saturday night, most of the clubs empty at around 3 am. 星期六晚上，大部分夜总会都要到凌晨3点左右才会变得空无一人。 By the autumn, the hotels along the sea front were emptying, and the town became quiet again. 到了秋天，海滨的旅馆逐渐空下来，镇上又变得安静了。 When we reached Dortmund the carriage emptied, and I was left alone. 我们到达多特蒙德时，车厢里的人都走光了，只剩我一个人。