va·cu·i·ty /væˈkjuəti, və-/
空虛,空白,愚蠢,茫然若失,無聊
Va·cu·i·ty n.
1. The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.
Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply of aliment. --Arbuthnot.
2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.
A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of matter. --Bentley.
God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill every vacuity of our soul. --Rogers.
3. Want of reality; inanity; nihility. [R.]
Their expectations will meet with vacuity. --Glanvill.
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vacuity
n 1: the absence of matter [syn: vacuum]
2: total absence of matter [syn: vacuousness]
3: a region empty of matter [syn: vacuum]
4: total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: inanity, senselessness,
mindlessness, pointlessness]