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

• 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。
• 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。
• Immediately after the rains, however, they can collect water from natural hollows.
  雨后，他们能立即在天然洞取水。
• Small animals and insects build their homes in the hollows of the trees.
  小动物和昆虫在树洞中安家。
• The night creptgently into the hollows of the hills.
  黑夜轻轻的蔓延到山谷。
• Birds make their nests in trees. Small animals and insects build their homes in the hollows of trees.
  鸟类在树上筑巢，小动物和昆虫则在树洞中栖居。
• Artifacts were often found within hollows in the rocky bottom, which was covered with as much as two feet of sand.
  在布满岩石的海底的空隙里常常发现有手工制品。海底上覆盖着足有两英尺厚的沙子。
• Make pits or hollows in sth
  使某物上有凹陷、有麻点
• Beyond it the humps and hollows of the 18th fairway could be glimpsed.
  更远处可以望见第18洞球道起伏的山丘与谷地。
• Even so, the first images have an eerily familiar quality, showing rocks, hollows, hills and mesas.
  即使如此，首批影像显出的岩石、地、陵和台地，都带著诡异的熟悉感。