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Something that looks like one solid piece from the outside but has empty space inside — knock on it and you get that low, echoing knock. Everything else grows from that empty inside: a surface that dips , a sound that comes from an empty space, and words or wins with nothing real behind the outside.
可以想成敲一敲會「咚」一聲的東西：從外面看是完整的一塊，裡面卻是空的——竹子、水管、復活節的巧克力蛋。這個空的內部往…更多收起
可以想成敲一敲會「咚」一聲的東西：從外面看是完整的一塊，裡面卻是空的——竹子、水管、復活節的巧克力蛋。這個空的內部往三個方向長出去：表面往內凹下去讓出一塊空間、敲它時發出的那種低而帶回音的聲響，以及「外殼在、裡面沒東西」這層比喻——話說得漂亮，背後卻沒有真的東西撐著。原始詞典資料15 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hollownoun詞源 1/ˈhɒləʊ/
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geographynatural-sciencesA small valley between mountains.
- He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
- c. 1710–20, Matthew Prior, The First Hymn Of Callimachus: To Jupiter Forests grew upon the barren hollows.
- 2
A sunken area on a surface.
- He held the chick in the hollow of his hand.
- 3
An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
- a hollow in a tree trunk
- 4
A feeling of emptiness.
- a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach
hollowverb詞源 1/ˈhɒləʊ/
- 1
to make a hole in something; to excavate
hollowadj詞源 2/ˈhɒləʊ/
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Having an empty space or cavity inside.
- a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
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Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
- He let out a hollow moan.
- Through thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle:
- 3
Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
- a hollow victory
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Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- a hollow promise
- "Hey, if anything happens to that, my ass is grass," Y.T. says. She's trying to sound tough and brave, but it's a hollow act in these circumstances.
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Concave; gaunt; sunken.
- To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow
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gymnasticshobbieslifestylePertaining to hollow body position
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beveragesfoodlifestyleSynonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).
- While most 1974s remain hard, tannic, hollow wines lacking ripeness, flesh, and character, a number of the Graves estates did produce surprisingly spicy, interesting wines.
hollowadv詞源 2/ˈhɒləʊ/
- 1
Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
hollowverb詞源 3/ˈhɒləʊ/
- 1
To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.
- [T]he Converſation (if it may be called ſo) was ſeldom ſuch as could entertain a Lady. It conſiſted chiefly of Hollowing, Singing, Relations of ſporting Adventures, B—d—y, and Abuſe of Women and of the Government.
- He has hollowed the hounds.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。