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清空,倒空,使變空 ;空的東西,空物空的,空虛的,空腹的,空洞的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Empty \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl.
   {Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta,
   [ae]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G.
   emsig busy.]
   1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within;
      void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; --
      said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an
      empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach;
      empty shackles.

Empty \Emp"ty\, v. i.
   1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

   2. To become empty. ``The chapel empties.'' --B. Jonson.

Empty \Emp"ty\, n.; pl. {Empties}.
   An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in
   transportation of freight; as, ``special rates for empties.''

Empty \Emp"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emptied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Emptying}.]
   To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or
   destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to
   empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.

         The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth.
                                                  --Eccl. xi. 3.

資料來源 : WordNet®

empty
     adj 1: holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty
            room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" [ant: {full}]
     2: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
        victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: {hollow}, {vacuous}]
     3: having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
     4: needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty
        by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children" [syn: {empty-bellied}]
     5: emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt
        empty"
     [also: {emptied}, {emptiest}, {emptier}]

empty
     v 1: make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm
          emptied the building" [ant: {fill}]
     2: become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
        [syn: {discharge}] [ant: {fill}]
     3: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your
        office by tonight" [syn: {vacate}, {abandon}]
     4: remove; "Empty the water"
     5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: {evacuate}, {void}]
     [also: {emptied}, {emptiest}, {emptier}]

empty
     n : a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to
         the store"
     [also: {emptied}, {emptiest}, {emptier}]