音标:['hɒlәu] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 洞, 窟窿, 山谷
a. 空的, 虚伪的, 空腹的, 凹的
vi. 形成空洞
vt. 挖空
n. a cavity or space in something
n. a small valley between mountains
v. remove the interior of
a. not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
词型变化:名词复数形式 : hollows ; 过去式 : hollowed ; 过去分词 : hollowed ; 现在分词 : hollowing ; 第三人称单数 : hollows
考试类型:[四级/六级/考研/托福]
词性分布:
形容词49%
名词42%
动词9%

hollow的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. This tree looks high and strong but actually its trunk is hollow.这棵树看起来又高又壮,实际上树干是空的。
  2. His protests on human rights sound hollow.他就人权问题提出的抗议听来很空洞。
  3. He was thin and his cheeks were hollow.他很瘦,连面颊都凹陷了下去。
  4. An open enemy is better than a hollow friend.宁有公开的敌人,不要虚伪的朋友。
  5. She could hear nothing but the hollow echo of his steps.除了他的脚步的低沉回音,她什么声音都听不到。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The track dipped, weaving into a wooded hollow.小路消失了,迂回前行到了一片多树的山谷里。
  2. Squirrels often use a hollow in a tree to store nuts.松鼠常用树洞储藏坚果。
  3. I crawled under the house and crept into a dark hollow of a brick chimney.我爬到屋子底下,钻进了砖烟囱的黑窟窿里。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. The Indians used to hollow out a log to make a canoe.印第安人过去常挖空圆木制成独木舟。
用作副词(adv.)
  1. I played Max at chess yesterday and beat him hollow.昨天我跟麦克斯下棋,杀得他一败涂地。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. Bamboo is a sort of hollow plant.竹子是一种中空的植物。
  2. He has hollow cheeks.他的双颊凹陷。
  3. The divorce left him with a hollow feeling inside.离婚使他内心感到空虚。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. A bar of iron is solid;a pipe is hollow.铁棍是实心的,而管子是空心的。
  2. A drum is hollow.鼓是空心的。
  3. The words you say are very hollow.你讲的话很空洞。
  4. He declared that he was telling the truth, but his words rang hollow.他自称说的都是真话,但听起来不像真的。
  5. His promises are hollow.他的许诺是假的。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The hollow was full of trees but the higher ground was covered with grass.凹地树木成林,但高处长满青草。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • hollow pipe空心管子
  • hollow words空洞的言语
  • hollow laugh虚伪的笑
  • hollow promises虚伪的允诺

经典引文

  • A large double bed with a hollow in the middle.

    出自:E. Bowen
  • The hollows in his face made him seem thinner than he actually was.

    出自:E. O
  • The feather has a hollow shaft.

    出自:W. Wharton
  • Lily's very body felt stark and hollow with longing.

    出自:fig.
  • The breeze blew out her match. Giles hollowed his hand and lit another.

    出自:V. Woolf
  • The bowls we ate..from were crude blocks of wood hollowed out by scraping and burning.

    出自:J. M. Coetzee
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