empty;vacant
lacking flesh so that the skin sinks inwards
having a ringing sound like the note when an empty container is struck
deceptive;deceitful
a space sunk into sth,especially into the ground
"hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
"he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
"a hollow wall"
"a hollow tree"
"hollow cheeks"
"his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"
"the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
"empty promises"
"a hollow victory"
"vacuous comments"
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
"hollow out a tree trunk"
A large double bed with a hollow in the middle.
出自: E. Bowen
The hollows in his face made him seem thinner than he actually was.
出自: E. O
The feather has a hollow shaft.
出自: W. Wharton
Lily's very body felt stark and hollow with longing.
出自: fig.
The breeze blew out her match. Giles hollowed his hand and lit another.
出自: V. Woolf
The bowls we ate..from were crude blocks of wood hollowed out by scraping and burning.
出自: J. M. Coetzee
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