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

• 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 night creptgently into the hollows of the hills.
  黑夜轻轻的蔓延到山谷。
• In some of the more remote hollows, children still grow up hearing songs of Elizabethan times.
  在一些较偏远的山谷里，孩子们成长过程中听到的仍是伊丽莎白时代的歌曲。
• The angular hollows and lines of his aged ancestors had succeeded to their reign in his face twenty years before their time.
  他的那些老祖宗们的瘦骨嶙峋和满脸的皱纹，已经提前二十年出现在他的脸上了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Make pits or hollows in sth
  使某物上有凹陷、有麻点
• The river hollows its bank.
  河岸因流水而凹陷。
• Have filled the hollows full.
  将坑洼处填满。
• His eye was caught by the large footprints he had made the night before. Although covered by snow the hollows still showed clearly.
  一眼，他看到昨夜自己留下的大脚印，虽然又被雪埋上，可是一坑坑的还看得很真。