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hollow

English → Chinese

adj//ˈhɑːloʊ//

(形状) 空心的;内部没有固体物质而只有空间的

The squirrels hid their winter supply of nuts inside a hollow oak tree.

(Chinese) 松鼠把冬天的坚果供应藏在了一棵空心的橡树里。

If you knock on the wall and it sounds hollow, it might be made of plasterboard rather than brick.

(Chinese) 如果你敲墙壁听起来是空空的,那它可能是石膏板而不是砖头做的。

adj//ˈhɑːloʊ//

(情感) 虚假的;缺乏诚意、热情或真实情感的

The politician's promises felt hollow to the voters after he failed to deliver on them last year.

(Chinese) 在去年未能兑现承诺后,这位政治家的诺言对选民来说显得非常虚伪。

She let out a hollow laugh when she heard that her ex-boyfriend was getting married again.

(Chinese) 当她听说前男友又要结婚时,发出了一声苦涩而空洞的笑声。

verb//ˈhɑːloʊ//

(动作) 挖空;在某物内部挖出一个洞或空间

The artist used a sharp chisel to hollow out the center of the wooden log to make a bowl.

(Chinese) 艺术家用一把锋利的凿子将木头的中心挖空以制成一个碗。

Native Americans would hollow out large cedar trunks to create traditional dugout canoes.

(Chinese) 美洲原住民会挖空巨大的雪松树干来制造传统的独木舟。

Entry ID: en:zh:hollow · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary