emptiness
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++emp·ti·ness /ˈemptinəs/ noun [uncountable] 1 ALONEa feeling of great sadness and loneliness 空虚；寂寥 She felt an emptiness in her heart when he left. 他走后她心里感到空虚。2 NONE/NOTHINGwhen there is nothing or nobody in a place 〔地方的〕空旷emptiness of the silence and emptiness of the desert 沙漠的寂静和空旷
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emptiness• We left Lincoln tied to a water pipe in the concrete emptiness of the backyard.• A lot of people have a sort of emptiness in their lives.• He describes the suffering, emptiness, abandonment and loneliness that he is experiencing.• Or perhaps it was that recollection, however poignant, was better than emptiness.• His parishioners applauded more out of charity than conviction, and the emptiness of the ovation embarrassed both speaker and audience alike.• After that they made better progress and managed to slip undetected out into the emptiness.• The emptiness in which all things revolve is blue, she went on, in her half-waking state.• Some vast emptiness seemed to drive him on, a craving for warmth and reassurance.emptiness of• Most tourists are awed by the barren emptiness of the Mojave Desert.emp·ti·ness nounChineseSyllable
Corpus great of loneliness a sadness and feeling
emptiness
emp‧ti‧ness /ˈemptinəs, ˈemptinɪs/
noun [uncountable]
1. a feeling of great sadness and loneliness:
She felt an emptiness in her heart when he left.
2. when there is nothing or nobody in a place
emptiness of
the silence and emptiness of the desert
emp‧ti‧ness /ˈemptinəs, ˈemptinɪs/
noun [uncountable]1. a feeling of great sadness and loneliness:
2. when there is nothing or nobody in a place
emptiness of
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