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

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。
Mercury is covered in craters-hollows made by huge space rocks crashing into it.
水星的表面有许多陨石坑，这些坑是由巨大的太空岩石撞击而成的。
Most species make their nests on bare ground, and lay their eggs in shallow hollows scraped in the icy dirt.
大部分品种的企鹅在露天地上筑巢，将卵产在浅滩凹陷处，埋入冻土层中。
Have filled the hollows full.
将坑洼处填满。
The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall.
滴水穿石不是由于强力而是由于频繁所致。
At a 12,000-year-old burial site in northern Israel, archaeologists found the remains of at least 71 tortoises and two wild cattle in specially built hollows in a cave.
在以色列北边一个有着1万2千年历史的墓址里，考古学家在一个山洞中特别挖出的凹地里发现了至少71只乌龟和2只野牛的残骸。
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 which could easily break the leg of anyone whose foot got caught.
地面上有许多的小低洼地，人的脚陷进去就很容易摔坏腿。
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 night creptgently into the hollows of the hills.
黑夜轻轻的蔓延到山谷。