hollow 音标拼音: [h'ɑlo]
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
洞,窟窿,山谷空的,虚伪的,空腹的,凹的形成空洞挖空
hollow adj 1 :
not solid ;
having a space or gap or cavity ; "
a hollow wall "; "
a hollow tree "; "
hollow cheeks "; "
his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year " [
ant : {
solid }]
2 :
as if echoing in a hollow space ; "
the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom "
3 :
devoid of significance or point ; "
empty promises "; "
a hollow victory "; "
vacuous comments " [
synonym : {
empty }, {
hollow },
{
vacuous }]
n 1 :
a cavity or space in something ; "
hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks "
2 :
a small valley between mountains ; "
he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians " [
synonym : {
hollow },
{
holler }]
3 :
a depression hollowed out of solid matter [
synonym : {
hole },
{
hollow }]
v 1 :
remove the inner part or the core of ; "
the mining company wants to excavate the hillside " [
synonym : {
excavate }, {
dig },
{
hollow }]
2 :
remove the interior of ; "
hollow out a tree trunk " [
synonym :
{
hollow }, {
hollow out }, {
core out }]
Hollow \
Hol "
low \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Hollowed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Hollowing }.]
To make hollow ,
as by digging ,
cutting ,
or engraving ;
to excavate . "
Trees rudely hollowed ." --
Dryden .
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Hollow \
Hol "
low \,
adv .
Wholly ;
completely ;
utterly ; --
chiefly after the verb to beat ,
and often with all ;
as ,
this story beats the other all hollow .
See {
All },
adv . [
Colloq .]
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The more civilized so -
called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence .
--
Darwin .
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Hollow \
Hol "
low \,
n .
1 .
A cavity ,
natural or artificial ;
an unfilled space within anything ;
a hole ,
a cavern ;
an excavation ;
as the hollow of the hand or of a tree .
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2 .
A low spot surrounded by elevations ;
a depressed part of a surface ;
a concavity ;
a channel .
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Forests grew Upon the barren hollows . --
Prior .
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I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood .
--
Tennyson .
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Hollow \
Hol "
low \,
a . [
OE .
holow ,
holgh ,
holf ,
AS .
holh a hollow ,
hole .
Cf . {
Hole }.]
1 .
Having an empty space or cavity ,
natural or artificial ,
within a solid substance ;
not solid ;
excavated in the interior ;
as ,
a hollow tree ;
a hollow sphere .
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Hollow with boards shalt thou make it . --
Ex .
xxvii .
8 .
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2 .
Depressed ;
concave ;
gaunt ;
sunken .
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With hollow eye and wrinkled brow . --
Shak .
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3 .
Reverberated from a cavity ,
or resembling such a sound ;
deep ;
muffled ;
as ,
a hollow roar . --
Dryden .
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4 .
Not sincere or faithful ;
false ;
deceitful ;
not sound ;
as ,
a hollow heart ;
a hollow friend . --
Milton .
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{
Hollow newel } (
Arch .),
an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post ,
the stairs being supported by the wall ;
an open newel ;
also ,
the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase .
{
Hollow quoin } (
Engin .),
a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal ,
and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates .
{
Hollow root }. (
Bot .)
See {
Moschatel }.
{
Hollow square }.
See {
Square }.
{
Hollow ware },
hollow vessels ; --
a trade name for cast -
iron kitchen utensils ,
earthenware ,
etc .
Syn :
Syn .-
Concave ;
sunken ;
low ;
vacant ;
empty ;
void ;
false ;
faithless ;
deceitful ;
treacherous .
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Hollow \
Hol *
low "\,
interj . [
See {
Hollo }.]
Hollo .
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Hollow \
Hol "
low \,
v .
i .
To shout ;
to hollo .
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Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear .
--
Fuller .
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Hollow \
Hol "
low \,
v .
t .
To urge or call by shouting .
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He has hollowed the hounds . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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293 Moby Thesaurus words for "
hollow ":
absurd ,
abysm ,
abyss ,
alveolation ,
alveolus ,
antrum ,
aperture ,
apparently sound ,
arid ,
armpit ,
artificial ,
bare ,
baritone ,
barren ,
basin ,
bass ,
blah ,
bland ,
blank ,
bleached ,
bloodless ,
boat -
shaped ,
boatlike ,
booth ,
bootless ,
bowl ,
bowl -
shaped ,
bowllike ,
box ,
broaching ,
casuistic ,
cave ,
cave in ,
cavelike ,
cavern ,
cavernous ,
cavity ,
cell ,
cellule ,
chamber ,
characterless ,
chasm ,
check ,
clear ,
clearing ,
cleft ,
cold ,
colorable ,
colorless ,
compartment ,
concave ,
concaved ,
concavity ,
contralto ,
costly ,
counterfeit ,
crack ,
crater ,
craterlike ,
crevasse ,
crib ,
crypt ,
cup ,
cup -
shaped ,
cupped ,
cymbiform ,
cynical ,
dale ,
dead ,
deceitful ,
deceptive ,
deep ,
deep -
echoing ,
deep -
pitched ,
deep -
toned ,
deepmouthed ,
dell ,
dent ,
dented ,
depressed ,
depression ,
depth ,
devoid ,
dig out ,
dig up ,
dip ,
disclosure ,
dish ,
dish -
shaped ,
dished ,
dishing ,
dishlike ,
dishonest ,
disingenuous ,
dismal ,
draggy ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
dredge ,
dry ,
dryasdust ,
dull ,
dusty ,
effete ,
elephantine ,
empty ,
empty -
headed ,
empty -
minded ,
empty -
pated ,
empty -
skulled ,
enclosed space ,
etiolated ,
excavate ,
excavation ,
fade ,
fallacious ,
false ,
famished ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
featureless ,
feigned ,
fenestra ,
fistula ,
flat ,
fold ,
follicle ,
fontanel ,
foramen ,
fraudulent ,
fruitless ,
funnel chest ,
funnel -
breasted ,
funnel -
chested ,
funnel -
shaped ,
furrow ,
futile ,
gap ,
gape ,
gat ,
glen ,
gouge ,
grave ,
gulf ,
heavy ,
hiatus ,
ho -
hum ,
hold ,
hole ,
hollow out ,
hollow shell ,
hollowed ,
hungry ,
hypocritical ,
idle ,
illusive ,
impression ,
inane ,
incurve ,
incurved ,
incurving ,
incurvous ,
indentation ,
indented ,
ineffective ,
inexcitable ,
infundibular ,
infundibuliform ,
inlet ,
insincere ,
insipid ,
interval ,
jejune ,
jesuitic ,
lacuna ,
laying open ,
leaden ,
leak ,
lifeless ,
low ,
low -
pitched ,
low -
spirited ,
manger ,
mealymouthed ,
meaningless ,
mendacious ,
muffled ,
navicular ,
naviform ,
null ,
null and void ,
opening ,
opening up ,
orifice ,
otiose ,
outlet ,
overrefined ,
oversubtle ,
pale ,
pallid ,
passageway ,
pedestrian ,
pew ,
philosophistic ,
pit ,
plausible ,
plodding ,
pocket ,
pointless ,
poky ,
ponderous ,
pore ,
profitless ,
punch bowl ,
rattlebrained ,
rattleheaded ,
ravenous ,
retire ,
retiring ,
retreat ,
retreating ,
reverberant ,
sag ,
saucer -
shaped ,
scaphoid ,
scatterbrained ,
scoop ,
scyphate ,
senseless ,
sepulchral ,
shaft ,
sham ,
shell ,
sink ,
sinkage ,
sinkhole ,
sinus ,
slot ,
slow ,
socket ,
solemn ,
sophistic ,
sophistical ,
space ,
specious ,
spiritless ,
split ,
spoonlike ,
spurious ,
stall ,
starved ,
sterile ,
stiff ,
stodgy ,
stoma ,
stuffy ,
sunk ,
sunken ,
superficial ,
tasteless ,
tedious ,
throwing open ,
toneless ,
tongue in cheek ,
trough ,
unavailing ,
uncandid ,
uncorking ,
unfilled ,
unfrank ,
unlively ,
unprofitable ,
unrelieved ,
unserious ,
unstopping ,
vacant ,
vacuity ,
vacuous ,
vain ,
valley ,
valueless ,
vapid ,
vault ,
void ,
vug ,
well ,
white ,
with nothing inside ,
without content ,
wooden ,
worthless ,
yawn ,
yawning abyss
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