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

• When the waves of the sea are most towering its hollows are most awesome.
  当海浪涌到最高的时候，浪涡是最可怕的。
• 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。
• Fog clings to the hollows.
  云雾附着在山谷中。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The most significant threat to bats is habitat clearance, particularly the removal of the old forest wood where they roost in hollows or under the bark of trees.
  对蝙蝠最严重的威胁来自对其栖息地的彻底破坏，特别是对老林区的砍伐，威胁最大。老林区的树洞或树皮内，是蝙蝠赖以栖息的地方。
• Make pits or hollows in sth
  使某物上有凹陷、有麻点