中文翻译与英英解释

vt.
使成凹形，使成空洞，挖空 (out)。 river banks hollowed out by rushing water 被流水掏空的河岸。
vi.
变空。
n.
1.凹地，穴，洞坑。
2.山谷。
短语和例子
the hollow of the hand 手心。
adj.
1.空的，中空的。
2.空虚的，不诚实的，虚伪的。
3.(声音)瓮塞的，空洞的；沉重的。
4.空腹的，饥饿的。
短语和例子
hollow cheeks 凹陷的双颊。 hollow eyes 凹陷的眼睛。 hollow pleasures 空幻的快乐。 hollow compliments 应酬话。 a hollow pretence 虚伪的借口。 hollow promises 空洞的诺言。 hollow race [victory] (因对手弱)没有意思的赛跑[胜利]。 hollow square 【军事】空方阵。 hollow words 空话。
adv.
〔口语〕完全，彻底。 beat sb. (all)hollow 打垮某人，把某人打得惨败。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.

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"

devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
同义词：empty, vacuous,

as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"
同义词：hollow out, core out,

remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
同义词：excavate, dig,

a depression hollowed out of solid matter
同义词：hole,

a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
同义词：holler,

a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"

例句与用法

A iron bar is solid , a pipe is hollow .
铁条是实心的，管子是空心的。

She scraped a hollow place in the ground .
她在地上挖了一个窟窿。

It will be massive or hollow .
它可以是实心的，也可以是空心的。

It's no better than a hollow stalk .
那比根空麦秆子好不了多少。

This tree has been eaten hollow by worms .
这棵树被虫子蛀空了。

He can beat me hollow at mathematics .
在数学上他造诣很高，我是望尘莫及。

She held the small bird in the hollow of her hand .
她把那小鸟握在掌心里。

The words he spoke sounded hollow and false .
他所说的话显得既空洞又虚伪。

He disappeared in the next hollow .
他消失在另一个山谷里了。

Squirrels often use a hollow in a tree to store nuts .
松鼠常用树洞储藏坚果。