亚洲网紅露点

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hollow

[ hol-oh ]

adjective

hollower, hollowest.
  1. having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty:

    a hollow sphere.

  2. having a depression or concavity:

    a hollow surface.

  3. sunken, as the cheeks or eyes.
  4. (of sound) not resonant; dull, muffled, or deep:

    a hollow voice.

  5. without real or significant worth; meaningless:

    a hollow victory.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  6. insincere or false:

    hollow compliments.

  7. hungry; having an empty feeling:

    I feel absolutely hollow, so let's eat.



noun

  1. an empty space within anything; a hole, depression, or cavity.
  2. a valley:

    They took the sheep to graze in the hollow.

  3. Foundry. a concavity connecting two surfaces otherwise intersecting at an obtuse angle.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make hollow (often followed by out ):

    to hollow out a log.

  2. to form by making something hollow (often followed by out ):

    to hollow a place in the sand;

    boats hollowed out of logs.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become hollow.

adverb

  1. in a hollow manner:

    The politician's accusations rang hollow.

hollow

/ 藞丑蓲濒蓹蕣 /

adjective

  1. having a hole, cavity, or space within; not solid
  2. having a sunken area; concave
  3. recessed or deeply set

    hollow cheeks

  4. (of sounds) as if resounding in a hollow place
  5. without substance or validity
  6. hungry or empty
  7. insincere; cynical
  8. a hollow leg or hollow legs
    the capacity to eat or drink a lot without ill effects
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. beat someone hollow informal.
    to defeat someone thoroughly and convincingly
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a cavity, opening, or space in or within something
  2. a depression or dip in the land
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make or become hollow
  2. to form (a hole, cavity, etc) or (of a hole, etc) to be formed
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞丑辞濒濒辞飞濒测, adverb
  • 藞丑辞濒濒辞飞苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 丑辞濒路濒辞飞路濒测 adverb
  • 丑辞濒路濒辞飞路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 丑补濒蹿-丑辞濒路濒辞飞 adjective
  • 耻苍路丑辞濒路濒辞飞 adjective
  • 耻苍路丑辞濒路濒辞飞ed adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hollow1

First recorded before 900; Middle English holow, holw(e), Old English holh 鈥渁 hollow place鈥; akin to hole
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hollow1

C12: from holu, inflected form of Old English holh cave; related to Old Norse holr, German hohl; see hole
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. beat all hollow, to surpass or outdo completely: Also beat hollow.

    His performance beat the others all hollow.

More idioms and phrases containing hollow

see beat the pants off (hollow) .
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Example Sentences

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Less than a month later, those quotes ring hollow.

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"Some people told me they'd come to Kashmir for the first time, but will have to pay for their holiday life long," he said, adding that the attack had "hollowed out" Kashmir.

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And in former industrial areas hollowed out by the loss of manufacturing jobs, there are hopes that tariffs could even the global playing field.

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And though she鈥檚 tried to make elegant strides in other countries and on other streaming platforms, those attempts at branding feel far more hollow.

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"You wake up in the early hours and you cry. You carry on with your day but everything is hollow," he said.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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