의미: empty

emp·ty〔OE 「한가한」의 뜻에서〕 a. (-tier; -ti·est)

1 <용기·집·차 등이> 빈; <도로 등이> 인적이 없는
▶ an empty house 빈 집
▶ an empty street 사람의 왕래가 없는 거리
▶ Your glass is empty; can I fill it up? 잔이 비었군요. 채워 드릴까요?
[유의어] empty 속에 아무것도 없는:an empty room (사는 사람도 가구도 없는) 빈 방 vacant 원래 속에 있어야 할 것이 일시적으로 비어 있는:a vacant room (호텔·아파트 등의) 빈 방 blank 물건의 표면에 아무것도 없는, 공백의:a blank paper 백지

2 《문어》 (성질 등을) 결여한, …이 없는(devoid) 《of》
▶ a book empty of real information 실질적인 정보가 결여된 책

3 <마음이> 공허한; 무의미한(meaningless); 《경멸》 <내용·가치 등이> 없는, 하찮은, 실없는

4 《구어》 배고픈
▶ feel empty 시장기를 느끼다

5 일손이 빈(idle)

6 【수학】 <집합이> 원소를 포함하지 않은

7 <사람이> 무지한; 바보 같은
be on an empty stomach 배가 고프다
empty cupboards 《비유》 음식물의 결핍(lack of food)
empty stomachs 굶주린 사람들
pay a person in empty words …에게 거짓 약속을 하다
return[come away] empty 헛되이[빈손으로] 돌아오다
send away (a person) empty 빈손으로 돌려 보내다
━ n. (pl. -ties) [보통 pl.] 빈 상자[광주리, 병, 차, 통]
running on empty 활기[특징, 창의력]를 잃은
━ v. (-tied) vt.

1 <그릇 등을> 비우다; 다 마셔버리다; 없어지게 하다
▶ empty a bucket 양동이를 비우다
▶ The rain soon emptied the street. 비 때문에 거리는 사람의 통행이 없어졌다.
▶ 《empty+목+전+명》 empty a purse of its contents 지갑을 털어 속에 든 것을 비우다

2 [empty itself로] <강 등이> …에 흘러들다 《into》
▶ empty itself into the sea <강이> 바다로 흘러들다

3 (다른 그릇에) 옮기다(transfer)
▶ 《empty+목+전+명》 empty grain from a sack into a box 곡식을 자루에서 상자로 옮기다
━ vi.

1 비다, 비워지다

2 배변[배뇨]하다; <강 등이> 흘러들다
▶ 《empty+전+명》 The Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea. 나일 강은 지중해로 흘러든다.

glass half full half empty 관용구

go away empty-handed

Idiom(s): go away empty-handed

Theme: DEPART

to depart with nothing.
• I hate for you to go away empty-handed, but I cannot afford to contribute any money.
• They came hoping for some food, but they had to go away empty-handed.

come away empty-handed

Idiom(s): come away empty-handed

Theme: LACKING

to return without anything.
• All right, go gambling. Don't come away empty-handed, though.
• Go to the bank and ask for the loan again. This time don't come away empty-handed.

An empty purse frightens away friends.

When one's financial situation deteriorates, friends tend to disappear.

Empty vessels make the most noise.

The least intelligent people are often the most talkative or noisy.

EMPTY OUT

(separable) to remove everything from a container making it empty
" Max emptied the refrigerator out."

Empty vessels make the most noise

The thoughtless often speak the most.

Running on empty

If you are exhausted but keep going, you are running on empty.

empty

empty
In addition to the idioms beginning with empty, also see glass is half full, the; running on empty.
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- empty calories
- empty nest
- empty suit

empty calories

empty calories
Food that has little or no nutritional value. For example, Snacking on beer and potato chips makes for a lot of empty calories. [1960s]

empty nest

empty nest
The home of parents whose children have grown up and moved out. For example, Now that they had an empty nest, Jim and Jane opened a bed-and-breakfast. This expression, alluding to a nest from which baby birds have flown, gave rise to such related ones as empty-nester, for a parent whose children had moved out, and empty-nest syndrome, for the state of mind of parents whose children had left. [c. 1970]

More Idioms/Phrases

element elephant eleventh else embarrassment of riches empty empty calories empty nest empty suit en masse en route enchilada encyclopedist end end game