hollows

英 [ˈhɒləʊz]

美 [ˈhɑːloʊz]

n.  凹陷处; 坑洼处; 洞; 孔; 围起来的空间
v.  挖
hollow的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 空的;空心的;中空的
  Something that ishollowhas a space inside it, as opposed to being solid all the way through.
  1. ...a hollow tree.
     空心的树
  2. ...a hollow cylinder.
     中空圆筒
• ADJ-GRADED 凹的;凹陷的
  A surface that ishollowcurves inwards.
  1. He looked young, dark and sharp-featured, with hollow cheeks.
     他看起来很年轻，肤色黝黑，五官分明，双颊凹陷。
• N-COUNT 树洞
  Ahollowis a hole inside a tree.
  1. I made my home there, in the hollow of a dying elm.
     我在一棵快要枯死的榆树的树洞里安了家。
• N-COUNT 凹陷处;低洼地
  Ahollowis an area that is lower than the surrounding surface.
  1. Below him the town lay warm in the hollow of the hill.
     在他下方，小镇卧在温暖的山谷里。
  2. ...where water gathers in a hollow and forms a pond.
     在那里水积聚在低洼处形成了池塘
• ADJ 空洞的;无用的;无价值的
  If you describe a statement, situation, or person ashollow, you mean they have no real value, worth, or effectiveness.
  1. Any threat to bring in the police is a hollow one.
     任何威胁说要叫警察来的话都是虚声恫吓。
  2. ...a hollow man who's coasted on charm for far too long.
     长久以来一直依靠个人魅力取胜的肤浅之人
• ADJ （笑声等）虚伪的，不真诚的
  If someone gives ahollowlaugh, they laugh in a way that shows that they do not really find something amusing.
  1. Murray Pick's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.
     默里·皮克的干笑里没有一点快乐。
• ADJ （声音）空洞的，沉闷回荡的
  Ahollowsound is dull and echoing.
  1. ...the hollow sound of a gunshot.
     空洞的枪响
• VERB 使凹陷;使下陷
  If somethingis hollowed, its surface is made to curve inwards or downwards.
  1. The mule's back was hollowed by the weight of its burden.
     骡背被重负压得塌下了。
  2. ...her high, elegantly hollowed cheekbones.
     她凹陷有致的高颧骨

双语例句

• Artifacts were often found within hollows in the rocky bottom, which was covered with as much as two feet of sand.
  在布满岩石的海底的空隙里常常发现有手工制品。海底上覆盖着足有两英尺厚的沙子。
• Immediately after the rains, however, they can collect water from natural hollows.
  雨后，他们能立即在天然洞取水。
• Have filled the hollows full.
  将坑洼处填满。
• Beyond it the humps and hollows of the 18th fairway could be glimpsed.
  更远处可以望见第18洞球道起伏的山丘与谷地。
• The empty iron sheet hollows out on the bench, brightly burnished metal strip is reflecting the yellow light respectively.
  空荡荡的铁皮镂空长椅上，锃亮的金属条子一根一根各自反射着黄光。
• So the hollows about this pond will, sometimes, in the winter, be filled with a greenish water somewhat like its own, but the next day will have frozen blue.
  所以在湖边的许多低洼地，有时候，在冬天，充满了像它一样的绿色的水，可是到了第二天，我发现它们已冻成了蓝色的冰。
• The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall.
  滴水穿石不是由于强力而是由于频繁所致。
• The glaciers carved hollows in the land as they traveled.
  冰川流动时，在大地上切割出凹地。
• The ground was covered in little hollows which could easily break the leg of anyone whose foot got caught.
  地面上有许多的小低洼地，人的脚陷进去就很容易摔坏腿。
• You lose a child, it hollows you out.
  当你失去孩子将痛不欲生。