英语释义

1. an unfilled space cavity, hole
in the hollow of a tree

2. a depressed or low part of a surface especially a small valley or basin

3. having an indentation or inward curve concave, sunken
hollow cheeks

4. having an unfilled or hollowed-out space within
a hollow tree

5. lacking in real value, sincerity, or substance false, meaningless
hollow promises a victory over a weakling is hollow and without triumph
— Ernest Beaglehole

6. reverberating like a sound made in or by beating on a large empty enclosure muffled
heard a hollow sound when he knocked on the wall

7. to remove the inside of to make hollow (see hollow entry 2)
a hollowed tree hollowing out pumpkins for Halloween

8. to form by removing the inside of something to form by making something hollow —usually used with out
rain barrels hollowed out from trees
— Robert Shaplenhollowing out a tunnel

9. to become hollow
his cheeks had hollowed

10. so as to have a hollow (see hollow entry 2 sense 4) sound
The sound echoed hollow in the cave. in a way that reflects a lack of real value, sincerity, or substance
Their threats rang hollow.

11. completely, thoroughly
an ongoing story that has the old cowboy-and-Indians genre beat hollow
— Barbara Bannon —often used with all

12. a place or area (especially on the ground) that is lower than the area around it

13. an empty space inside of something

14. having nothing inside not solid

15. curved inward or down

16. not having real value or meaning

17. to remove the inside of (something)

18. having a space inside not solid
a hollow chocolate egg

19. curved inward sunken
hollow cheeks

20. suggesting a sound made in an empty place
a hollow roar

21. not sincere
a hollow promise

22. a low spot in a surface
Circling around through the flats, I came to the hollow above the Pritchards' place.
— Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

23. a small valley

24. an empty space within something
Owls live in the hollow of the tree.

25. to make or become hollow
The canoe was made by hollowing out a log.

26. a depressed part of a surface or a concavity
the hollow at the back of the knee

片语

disingenuouslyad 不诚实地

dishonestlyad 不诚实地；不正直地

英汉例句

• Studies on the machine of lotus seed sheller hollowly

  莲子穿心脱壳机的设计与研究

• The result showed that XHWS, hollowly boring and diamond circular saw were available to dismantle the heavy concrete of reactors.

  结果表明：金刚石串珠绳锯、空心镗削法和金刚石圆盘锯可以对反应堆重混凝土进行拆除解体。

• The construction technics of the prestress hollowly plate girder

  预应力空心板梁施工技术

• Dietetic hygiene should notice in journey, unfavorable eat too full or hollowly .

  旅途中要注意饮食卫生，不宜吃得过饱或空腹。

相似词

cavity腔；洞，凹处

concavity凹面；凹度

dent凹痕；削弱；减少

depression沮丧；忧愁；抑郁癥；洼地；不景气；低气压区

dint击出凹痕

hole凿洞，穿孔；（高尔夫球等）进洞

indentation压痕，[物] 刻痕；凹陷；缩排；呈锯齿状

indenture以契约约束

pit凹陷；起凹点

recess休息；休假

相反词

bulge使膨胀；使凸起

camber成弧形；使拱起

convexity凸面，凸状；中凸

jut突出部分；尖端

projection投射；规划；突出；发射；推测

protrusion突出；突出物

protuberance突起，突出；结节，瘤