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

• All space-directions are void.; Everything is emptiness.
  四大皆空。
• 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。
• This way of life can lead only to self-destruction and emotional emptiness.
  这种生活方式只会导致自我毁灭和情绪空虚。
• The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.
  巨大的空虚感汹涌袭来。
• 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》）
• 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。
• 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。
• 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》）
• 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。
• 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。