核心畫面

Picture a room with the door open and nothing in it: no one is using it, and anyone could walk in. The word says 'empty and free' — not broken, not closed, just unoccupied. Point it at a job and it means the post is open; point it at a face and it means nobody seems to be at home behind the eyes.

可以想成:一個房間門開著,裡面空空的,沒有人在用,誰都可以走進去。這個字說的是「空著、而且是可以用的空」——不是壞掉更多收起可以想成:一個房間門開著,裡面空空的,沒有人在用,誰都可以走進去。這個字說的是「空著、而且是可以用的空」——不是壞掉,也不是關起來,就只是沒有人佔著。把它指向一份工作,意思是這個位子開著;指向一張臉,就是眼睛後面好像沒有人在。

From the picture

眼神放空

把「沒有人在裡面」搬到表情上:人看著你,可是後面沒有正在運轉的念頭,像一間沒人住的房子。

blank expression · adjective · B2

showing that someone does not seem to be thinking about anything — used about a look, stare, or face.

茫然的

Also in this word

empty · adjective · B2

empty and available for someone to use — used about a seat, room, building, or piece of land.

空的;空著的

unfilled job · adjective · B2

available for someone to start doing — used about a job or position in an organization.

空缺的

原始詞典資料4 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。

vacantadj/ˈveɪkənt/

  • 1

    Not occupied; empty.

    • a vacant room
    • a vacant consulate
  • 2

    rareNot present; absent.

    • And Pierre felt that never, never would he be able to embrace Isabel with the mere brotherly embrace; while the thought of any other caress, which took hold of any domesticness, was entirely vacant from his uncontaminated soul, for it had never consciously intruded there.
  • 3

    Blank.

    • a vacant page
  • 4

    Showing no intelligence or interest.

    • a vacant stare
    • a vacant look in her eyes

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。