va.cu.i.ty
vacuity的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [væˈkju:iti:, və-]
KK音标发音: [væˈkjuɪti, və-]
vacuity的词性:
n.(名词)
1. Total absence of matter; emptiness.
空,空白:不存在任何东西;空白一片
2. An empty space; a vacuum.
真空:空间;真空
3. Total lack of ideas; emptiness of mind.
空虚,内容贫乏:没有任何观点;心灵的空虚
4. Absence of meaningful occupation; idleness:
没有正事可做;无聊:
“the crew, being patient people, much given to slumber and vacuity”(Washington Irving)
“船员是有耐心的,大多数时间不是睡觉就是无聊地度过”(华盛顿·欧文)
5. The quality or fact of being devoid of something specified:
缺乏:缺乏某种特定东西的特质或事实:
a vacuity of taste; a vacuity of emotions.
鉴赏力缺乏;激情的缺乏
6. Something, especially a remark, that is pointless or inane:
无意义或愚蠢的东西(尤指讲话):
a conversation full of vacuities.
空洞无聊的对话
vacuity的词源:
7. Middle English vacuite
中古英语 vacuite
8. from Old French
源自 古法语
9. from Latin vacuit3s
源自 拉丁语 vacuit3s
10. from vacuus [empty] * see vacuum
源自 vacuus [空的] *参见 vacuum