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

• Have filled the hollows full.
  将坑洼处填满。
• These hollows filled with water as the glaciers melted, and lakes formed.
  冰川融化，这些凹地便充满水，形成湖泊。
• The ground was covered in little hollows.
  地面上有许多小坑。
• 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。
• Birds make their nests in trees. Small animals and insects build their homes in the hollows of trees.
  鸟类在树上筑巢，小动物和昆虫则在树洞中栖居。
• The most significant threat to bats is habitat clearance, particularly the removal of the old forest wood where they roost in hollows or under the bark of trees.
  对蝙蝠最严重的威胁来自对其栖息地的彻底破坏，特别是对老林区的砍伐，威胁最大。老林区的树洞或树皮内，是蝙蝠赖以栖息的地方。
• You lose a child, it hollows you out.
  当你失去孩子将痛不欲生。
• Soon rain fell down on the earth's crust and filled all the valleys, cracks and hollows. In this way, rivers, lakes, oceans and seas were formed.
  雨随即降落到地壳上，填满了所有山谷、裂隙和洼地，河流、湖泊和海洋就是这样形成的。
• 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。
• The glaciers carved hollows in the land as they traveled.
  冰川流动时，在大地上切割出凹地。