hollow

英 ['h?l??] 美['hɑlo]

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復數:?hollows;第三人稱單數:?hollows;過去式:?hollowed;過去分詞:?hollowed;現在分詞:?hollowing;副詞:?hollowly;名詞:?hollowness;

1. 區(qū)別：hollow、hallow: hollow中的字母o就像是一個中空的洞。

hollow 空洞的，虛偽的

來自古英語holh,空洞，洞，穴，詞源同hole.引申詞義空洞的，虛偽的。

hollow: hollow: [12] Modern English hole comes from an Old English adjective meaning ‘hollow’, and by a coincidental swap hollow originated in an Old English word for ‘hole’ (the two are probably ultimately related). Old English holh meant ‘hollow place’, ‘hole’, or ‘cave’, and presumably came from the same source as produced Old English hol ‘hollow’. In the early Middle English period it began to be used as an adjective, its inflected form holge having become holwe, later holew or hollow.
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hollow (adj.): c. 1200, from Old English holh (n.) "hollow place, hole," from Proto-Germanic *hul-, from PIE *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell). The figurative sense of "insincere" is attested from 1520s. Related: Hollowly; hollowness. To carry it hollow "take it completely" is first recorded 1660s, of unknown origin or connection.
hollow (v.): late 14c., holowen, from hollow (adj.). Related: Hollowed; hollowing.
hollow (n.): "lowland, valley, basin," 1550s, probably a modern formation from hollow (adj.). Old English had holh (n.) "cave, den; internal cavity."

2. He looked young, dark and sharp-featured, with hollow cheeks.: 他看起來很年輕，膚色黝黑，五官分明，雙頰凹陷。

3. The ersatz spontaneity of "Sunday Love" sounds especially hollow.: 對《星期天的愛情》這首歌的即興模仿聽起來尤其空洞。