| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_not-having-any-things-or-people-in-it |
| 释义 | not having any things or people in itThese words all refer to something that does not have things or people in it. The most common word for this is empty. Empty has the broadest meaning and can be used of things which usually contain people or things. I heard laughter, but the room was empty. We'll need more olive oil - the bottle's empty. You should put the empty tin in the recycling bin. If a place is empty because there are no people in it, you can describe it as deserted. It was three o'clock in the morning and the streets were deserted. The opposite of this use of deserted is crowded. If a place has many people in it and there is a lot of activity, you can also use busy or bustling. The beach was far too crowded yesterday. The shops are so busy the day before Christmas! The high street was nearly deserted ten years ago, but now it's bustling. If a place has fewer people in it than it used to, especially if that is because of a disaster, war, disease, etc., you can use the more formal word depopulated. You can use depopulated before a noun or after a verb. After the famine, the area was seriously depopulated. The photographs show a eerily depopulated London after the flu pandemic of 1918. If a place or building is empty because no people live there, you could use the word uninhabited. You can also say it is unoccupied. Uninhabited is often used of large areas or islands that do not have any people living in them. Unoccupied can also refer to a place or building being empty for a short period of time. The island is uninhabited. The flat is currently unoccupied. Is the toilet unoccupied? The opposite of uninhabited is inhabited. The area has been inhabited by nomadic tribesmen for centuries. This is one of the last inhabited islands in the archipelago - the rest were abandoned decades ago. Desolate can be used about places that are empty and unattractive. The house stood in a bleak, desolate landscape. If a room or building is empty because it has no furniture in it, you could describe it as bare or unfurnished. Unfurnished is often used to describe a house or flat that you may rent and that does not have any furniture in it. The opposite of unfurnished is furnished. The room was completely bare. The house was unfurnished. The flat came fully furnished. Vacant is a word you can use to describe a room or building that is empty and available to be used. The hospital has no vacant beds. The opposite of this use of vacant is occupied. Occupied is used especially of places that are currently being used. All the rooms in the hotel are occupied. Blank can be used about empty places on a piece of paper or a computer document, and especially places where you should write or type something. Sign your name in the blank space at the bottom of the form. He stared at the blank screen for ages thinking about what to say before he started typing. |
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