We returned the empty bottles to the shop. 我们把空瓶子还给了商店。
The baby was sucking away at the empty feeding-bottle. 那个孩子正在吮吸着空奶瓶。
The dog overturned his empty dish to show that he was hungry. 狗把它的空盘子翻了过来,说明它饿了。
Watch me pitch this empty cigarette packet into the basket from across the room. 瞧我把这空烟盒扔进房间那头的纸篓里。
I prepared to gamble on the possibility of finding empty seats at the theatre. 剧院中可能会找到空位,我准备去碰碰运气。
The empty house was barred for the door and windows. 那间空房子的门窗都被关死了。
Fear came upon him as he stood in the empty house. 站在空荡荡的房子里,他感到一阵恐惧袭上心头。
The windows had been boarded and nailed up to prevent thieves from entering the empty house. 窗户上钉上了木板,以防小偷进入这所空房。
The smell of her perfume lingered in the empty house. 空屋里仍然飘溢着她的香水味。
The empty room echoed. 空屋发出回响。
Many ministers are becoming increasingly worried about preaching to empty churches. 许多牧师越来越担心会向空教堂布道了。
You don't need to spend money on special things, you can project the picture onto an empty white wall just as effectively. 你不必花钱买什么特殊器材也可以同样有效地把画面投影在一面空白墙上。
Our voices echoed in the empty valley. 我们的声音在空谷中回响。
The medicine must be taken on an empty stomach. 这药必须空腹服。
Often he had to work on an empty stomach. 他常常不得不空着肚子去上班。
Her protest was an empty gesture, she knew it would have no effect. 她的抗议只是做做样子,她知道那起不了什么作用。
He didn't want to live an empty life. 他不想过一种空虚的生活。
An empty promise is insincere. 空头承诺是无诚意的。
用作表语S+be+~
The cistern is empty but soon fills again. 贮水器里现在没水,但不久就会储满水的。
The cinema was half empty. 影院里空着一半座位。
The whole area has been mined out, the miners have left and the town is empty, since it depended on the mining industry. 那个镇靠矿业生存,所以当矿被开采完时,矿工们离开后,镇上也就空了。
I never feel empty. 我从未感到空虚。
My life feels empty now because the children have left home. 因为孩子们都离开了家,我觉得生活空虚。
Suddenly I felt longly anf empty. 我突然感到孤独和空虚。
S+be+~+prep.
The purse is empty of its contents. 钱包业已空无分文。
The room is practically empty of furniture. 这房间可以说什么家具也没有。
Her words were empty of meaning. 她的话毫无意义。
His life is empty of happiness. 他的生活缺少幸福。
用作宾语补足语S+V+O+~
I went into his room only to find his bed empty. 我走进他的房间发现他床上没有人。
I saw the box empty. 我看到这盒子是空的。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
The tank gradually emptied. 蓄水池的水渐渐流空了。
This sticky liquid empties slowly. 这种黏液要好一会儿才能流空。
The streets began to empty after midnight. 午夜过后街上行人开始稀少了。
The theatre emptied rapidly after the show. 演出结束后,剧场里的人很快就走光了。
The streets soon emptied when the rain began. 下雨时,街上立即空无一人。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
He emptied the box. 他把箱子倒空了。
Vargas emptied his tool bag. 瓦格斯腾出自己的工具袋。
He emptied his glass. 他把玻璃杯倒空了。
He stood up and emptied his glass. 他站起身来,干了一杯。
They emptied the bottle. 他们喝干了瓶里的酒。
She sipped from her glass while the professor emptied it. 她接过酒杯喝了一点,教授却一饮而尽。
Be frank and empty the bag. 不要掩饰,把事情统统说出来。
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The room was emptied very quickly. 房间很快就腾空了。
The dustbin must be emptied every day. 垃圾箱必须每天清除。
No waste or garbage is to be emptied on highways. 废物和垃圾不准倒在公路上。