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hollow
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
hollower; hollowest
hollower; hollowest
Learner's definition of HOLLOW
1
: having nothing inside : not solid中空的；空心的；空的
- a hollow log空心原木
2
: curved inward or down凹的；凹陷的
- hollow [=sunken] cheeks凹陷的双颊
- There was a hollow spot in the field.地上有一个坑。
3
: not having real value or meaning无真正价值的；无实际意义的
- They achieved a hollow victory over a team missing its best players. [=their victory was not an important or impressive one since the other team was missing its best players]由于对方最佳球员缺席，他们的胜利并无真正价值。
- She made hollow promises. [=she made promises she would not keep]她许下了空口诺言。
- Their threats ring hollow. = Their threats have a hollow ring. [=their threats do not seem truthful or sincere]他们的威胁不过是虚张声势而已。
4
◊ A sound that is hollow is like the sound made when you hit something that is empty inside.（声音）空洞的，空响的，沉闷的
- He heard a hollow sound when he knocked on the wall.他敲了敲那面墙，听到了沉闷的响声。
5
: weak and without any emotion淡漠的；冷漠的
- “It's useless,” he said in a hollow voice.“没用的。”他淡漠地说道。
- a hollow laugh干笑
2 hollow /ˈhɑːloʊ/ noun
plural hollows
2 hollow
/ˈhɑːloʊ/
noun
plural hollows
Learner's definition of HOLLOW
[count]
1
: a place or area (especially on the ground) that is lower than the area around it凹陷处；洼地；凹地
- a grassy hollow长满绿草的洼地
2
: an empty space inside of something坑；洞
- The owls nested in the hollow of a tree.这些猫头鹰把巢筑在树洞里。
in the hollow of your hand
◊ If you hold something in the hollow of your hand, you hold it in your palm with your hand curved like a cup在某人的掌心里；在某人的手心里捧着
- I held the bead in the hollow of my hand.我用掌心托着那颗珠子。
3 hollow /ˈhɑːloʊ/ verb
hollows; hollowed; hollowing
3 hollow
/ˈhɑːloʊ/
verb
hollows; hollowed; hollowing
Learner's definition of HOLLOW
[+ object]
: to remove the inside of (something)挖空；使中空 — often used as (be) hollowed常用作(be) hollowed
- They hollowed the log to make a canoe.他们挖空原木，做了一条独木舟。
- a hollowed tree空心树
hollow out
[phrasal verb] 1
hollow (something) out or hollow out (something)
: to remove the inside of (something) : to make an empty space in (something)挖空；使中空
- The kids were hollowing out pumpkins.孩子们正在把南瓜掏空。
- a hollowed-out log被挖空的原木
2
: to form (something) by digging or cutting the inside of something挖掘出；把…挖空成
- Workers hollowed out a tunnel through the mountain.工人们掘出了一条穿山隧道。
- He hollowed out a bowl from the wood.他挖空木头做了一个碗。
hollower ˈhä-lə-wər 
; hollowest ˈhä-lə-wəst
; hollowest ˈhä-lə-wəst hollowness noun
plural hollows
1
: so as to have a hollow (see hollow entry 1 sense 4) sound : in a way that reflects a lack of real value, sincerity, or substance
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Adjective There was a hollow spot in the field. there's a noticeably hollow spot in the mattress where he has been sleeping Noun The owls nested in the hollow of a tree. made a little hollow in her mound of mashed potatoes and filled it with gravy Verb They hollowed the log to make a canoe.
Recent Examples on the Web
Aron Solomon, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022 Critics say Kishida's call for a nuclear-free world is hollow because Japan remains under the U.S. nuclear umbrella and continues to boycott the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Mari Yamaguchi, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022 Explanations for the northern lights were offered; one theorized by a British astronomer was that the Earth was hollow and an opening near the North Pole allowed light to pour out from the planet’s core. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022 The handles are hollow, which helps keep them cool, and comfortable to hold. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2022 My guess is that the patriotic disguise is hollow and that the inane, formulaic Maverick is a test. Armond White, National Review, 27 May 2022 It’s made in a mold and is hollow, save for frame supports that look like the skeleton of a whale. Joseph Carberry, Outside Online, 27 May 2022 The music works in close synchronicity with the visuals, which are spectacular, of course — the budget is indeed visible on the screen — but also hollow. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 But while things worked out great for me, my own celebration will feel hollow until every borrower experiences the same relief. Julian Epp, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2022 Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022 Use expansion, hollow-wall, or toggle anchors by pre-drilling a hole, inserting the anchor, then securing the object to the drywall by driving a screw into the anchor. Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2022 The raging river that allegedly started at the silt pond has returned to the shallow creek that has long babbled down a deep ditch that slices through the hollow. Phil Mccausland, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2022 Where to stay Tucked into a woodsy hollow next to a babbling stream, McCaffrey House Bed and Breakfast is a cozy base camp. Sunset Magazine, 9 Aug. 2022 The scientist cut a slice out of the bone to count the layers, then filled a hollow in the bone with plastic and returned it to the whaler with a write-up about his whale’s age. Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022 At 9:51 a shotgun report echoed through the hollow below my position. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2022 Tucked in a picturesque Appalachian hollow near Burnsville in western North Carolina, Carolina Native Nursery is one of the largest growers of exclusively native plants. Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022 Speed skates have long, solid blades without a hollow. Allison Goldstein, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2022 Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2022 While no single case is aimed at overturning Chevron, a string of victories would essentially hollow it out. BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022 Take the tea out of a tea bag, hollow it out and stand it up, and (carefully) take a match to it. Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2022 The company originally used the water to hollow out five underground caverns, pumping it into the salt dome and then bringing it back up — full of dissolved salt — and storing it in the ponds. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 When the institutions of government hollow out, what’s left is the chase for these cheap gratifications, removing the last self-restraints from those in power. George Packer, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022 But the past two years have been unusual as Atlanta, like many other major American cities, has seen its central business districts hollow out. Alexander Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2022 Beech trees, which are native to Ohio and can live up to 300 years, also tend to hollow out over time, creating important nesting cavities for various critters. Peter Krouse, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2022 Both Philip and the Inquisitor live on, however hollow their souls. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 oregonlive, 19 May 2020 But the Iranian government's tendency to point the finger at Washington, or other malicious foreign actors, for unrest at home is ringing hollow now. Eliza Mackintosh, CNN, 13 Jan. 2020 This argument rings hollow, since college sports already sit on an uneven playing field. Sean Gregory, Time, 1 Oct. 2019 But the call for peace rings hollow today when the past and future so miss the mark. Lucy Dacus, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2019 Despite all the runs and belting that Khalid can do, his voice rings hollow, an untethered reverberation against slick, genre-melding production. Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2019 The command rings hollow as a packaging slogan, but Smith lays it out there as a pointed provocation, part of the show's larger assertion that acts of nurture and nationhood, art and humanity are profoundly linked. Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 3 July 2018 The idea that these laws are intended to make women and children safer rings hollow. Willie Parker, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2018 And some say his compassion for those affected by Harvey rings hollow given his lack of support for addressing climate change, which many see as exacerbating such major disasters. Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2017 See More
Adjective
The same Starbucks stories that are hollow today were once part of its foundation. Aron Solomon, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022 Critics say Kishida's call for a nuclear-free world is hollow because Japan remains under the U.S. nuclear umbrella and continues to boycott the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Mari Yamaguchi, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022 Explanations for the northern lights were offered; one theorized by a British astronomer was that the Earth was hollow and an opening near the North Pole allowed light to pour out from the planet’s core. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022 The handles are hollow, which helps keep them cool, and comfortable to hold. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2022 My guess is that the patriotic disguise is hollow and that the inane, formulaic Maverick is a test. Armond White, National Review, 27 May 2022 It’s made in a mold and is hollow, save for frame supports that look like the skeleton of a whale. Joseph Carberry, Outside Online, 27 May 2022 The music works in close synchronicity with the visuals, which are spectacular, of course — the budget is indeed visible on the screen — but also hollow. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 But while things worked out great for me, my own celebration will feel hollow until every borrower experiences the same relief. Julian Epp, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2022 Noun
If the shadow disappears, your dark circle is caused by a hollow. Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022 Use expansion, hollow-wall, or toggle anchors by pre-drilling a hole, inserting the anchor, then securing the object to the drywall by driving a screw into the anchor. Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2022 The raging river that allegedly started at the silt pond has returned to the shallow creek that has long babbled down a deep ditch that slices through the hollow. Phil Mccausland, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2022 Where to stay Tucked into a woodsy hollow next to a babbling stream, McCaffrey House Bed and Breakfast is a cozy base camp. Sunset Magazine, 9 Aug. 2022 The scientist cut a slice out of the bone to count the layers, then filled a hollow in the bone with plastic and returned it to the whaler with a write-up about his whale’s age. Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022 At 9:51 a shotgun report echoed through the hollow below my position. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2022 Tucked in a picturesque Appalachian hollow near Burnsville in western North Carolina, Carolina Native Nursery is one of the largest growers of exclusively native plants. Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022 Speed skates have long, solid blades without a hollow. Allison Goldstein, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2022 Verb
To prepare it, hollow out a loaf of French bread, then fill with breakfast favorites like eggs, sausage, and cheese. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2022 While no single case is aimed at overturning Chevron, a string of victories would essentially hollow it out. BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022 Take the tea out of a tea bag, hollow it out and stand it up, and (carefully) take a match to it. Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2022 The company originally used the water to hollow out five underground caverns, pumping it into the salt dome and then bringing it back up — full of dissolved salt — and storing it in the ponds. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 When the institutions of government hollow out, what’s left is the chase for these cheap gratifications, removing the last self-restraints from those in power. George Packer, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022 But the past two years have been unusual as Atlanta, like many other major American cities, has seen its central business districts hollow out. Alexander Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2022 Beech trees, which are native to Ohio and can live up to 300 years, also tend to hollow out over time, creating important nesting cavities for various critters. Peter Krouse, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2022 Both Philip and the Inquisitor live on, however hollow their souls. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 Adverb
That notion rings hollow to Nick Cady, legal director for Cascadia Wildlands, one of the environmental organizations that originally petitioned to protect fishers in Oregon in 2000. oregonlive, 19 May 2020 But the Iranian government's tendency to point the finger at Washington, or other malicious foreign actors, for unrest at home is ringing hollow now. Eliza Mackintosh, CNN, 13 Jan. 2020 This argument rings hollow, since college sports already sit on an uneven playing field. Sean Gregory, Time, 1 Oct. 2019 But the call for peace rings hollow today when the past and future so miss the mark. Lucy Dacus, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2019 Despite all the runs and belting that Khalid can do, his voice rings hollow, an untethered reverberation against slick, genre-melding production. Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2019 The command rings hollow as a packaging slogan, but Smith lays it out there as a pointed provocation, part of the show's larger assertion that acts of nurture and nationhood, art and humanity are profoundly linked. Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 3 July 2018 The idea that these laws are intended to make women and children safer rings hollow. Willie Parker, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2018 And some say his compassion for those affected by Harvey rings hollow given his lack of support for addressing climate change, which many see as exacerbating such major disasters. Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English holgh, holugh, holwe, formally identical with holgh hollow entry 2, with adjectival meaning apparently after hol, holle "hollow, sunken," going back to Old English hol — more at hole entry 1
Noun
Middle English holgh, holough "hole, burrow, hollow of the hand," going back to Old English holh "cavity, hole," going back to *hulha-, probably extended form of Germanic *hula- "hollow, sunken" — more at hole entry 1
Verb
Middle English holowghen, holowen, holwen, derivative of holgh, holwe hollow entry 1
Adverb
derivative of hollow entry 1
First Known Use
Adjective
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Adverb
1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of hollow was before the 12th century Phrases Containing hollow
noun
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