vacant
英['ve?k(?)nt]
美['vek?nt]
- adj. 空虛的；空的；空缺的；空閑的；茫然的
- n. (Vacant)人名；(法)瓦康
詞態變化
副詞:?vacantly;
助記提示
發音想成“未墾的”。
中文詞源
vacant 空著的
來自拉丁語vacare,空的，詞源同vain.
英文詞源
- vacant
- vacant: [13] Latin vacāre meant ‘be empty’. Its present participle vacāns has provided English with vacant, while its past participle lies behind English vacate [17] and vacation [14]. It also formed the basis of an adjective vacuus ‘empty’, from which English gets vacuous [17] and vacuum [16] (the term vacuum cleaner is first recorded in 1903, and the consequent verb vacuum in 1922). English avoid and void come from a variant of Latin vacāre.
=> vacate, vacuum - vacant (adj.)
- c. 1300, "not filled, held, or occupied," from Old French vacant "idle, unoccupied" (of an office, etc.), from Latin vacantem (nominative vacans), "empty, unoccupied," present participle of vacare "to be empty" (see vain). Meaning "characterized by absence of mental occupation" is from 1570s. Related: Vacantly.
雙語例句
- 1. They may headhunt her for the vacant position of Executive Producer.
- 他們可能會挖她去填補執行制片人這一空缺職位。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The vacant W.B.C. junior-lightweight title has been called off.
- 空缺的世界拳擊理事會次輕量級頭銜被取消了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Vacant rooms on the campus were being used by holidaying families.
- 校園里的閑置宿舍住著一些度假的家庭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Half way down the coach was a vacant seat.
- 車廂中部有一個空座。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The seat next to him was vacant.
- 他旁邊的座位空著。
來自《權威詞典》