hollow

noun · verb · adjective · adverb · interjectionA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

hollowshallowholler

1.
(geography) A small valley between mountains.
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
c. 1710–20, Matthew Prior, The First Hymn Of Callimachus: To Jupiter Forests grew upon the barren hollows.
2.
A sunken area on a surface.
He held the chick in the hollow of his hand.
Đồng nghĩa: depression
3.
An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
a hollow in a tree trunk
4.
(figuratively)A feeling of emptiness.
a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

hollows

V_ing/Gerund

hollowing

V_ed/pp

hollowedhallow

1.
(transitive)to make a hole in something; to excavate
2.
To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

hollowerhollowest

Superlative

hallowholler

1.
(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
2.
(of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
He let out a hollow moan.
3.
(figuratively)Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
a hollow victory
4.
(figuratively)Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
a hollow promise
5.
Concave; gaunt; sunken.
6.
(gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
7.
(wine) Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).
While most 1974s remain hard, tannic, hollow wines lacking ripeness, flesh, and character, a number of the Graves estates did produce surprisingly spicy, interesting wines.
Đồng nghĩa: empty

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

hallow

Superlative

holler

1.
(colloquial, not comparable)Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

interjection

hallowholler

1.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of hollo.

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Đồng nghĩa

depression empty niche

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holwȝ, holgh, from Old English holh (a hollow), from *holh, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (to cover, hide). Cognate with huliwa and hulwa, hülwe. Related to hole.