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hol·low /ˈhɑ(ˌ)lo/
洞,窟窿,山谷(a.)空的,虛偽的,空腹的,凹的(vi.)形成空洞(vt.)挖空
hol·low /ˈhɑl(ˌ)o, ə(w)/ 名詞
洞,孔,穴,溝峪,中空的,空心的
Hol·low a.
1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii. 8.
2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak.
3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
Hollow newel Arch., an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase.
Hollow quoin Engin., a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates.
Hollow root. Bot. See Moschatel.
Hollow square. See Square.
Hollow ware, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.
Syn:- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
Hol·low n.
1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.
2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
Forests grew
Upon the barren hollows. --Prior.
I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. --Tennyson.
Hol·low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.] To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. “Trees rudely hollowed.”
Hol·low, adv. Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv. [Colloq.]
The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. --Darwin.
Hol·low v. i. To shout; to hollo.
Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. --Fuller.
Hol·low, v. t. To urge or call by shouting.
He has hollowed the hounds. --Sir W. Scott.
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hollow
adj 1: not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall";
"a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became
gaunter and more hollow with each year" [ant: solid]
2: deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false
pretenses" [syn: false]
3: as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of
footsteps in the empty ballroom"
4: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: empty, vacuous]
n 1: a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the
hollows in their cheeks"
2: a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin
in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" [syn: holler]
3: a depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole]
v 1: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company
wants to excavate the hillsite" [syn: excavate, dig]
2: remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" [syn: hollow
out, core out]