单词
void
英 [v??d]
美[v??d]
基本信息
- adj. 空的；无效的；无人的
- n. 空虚；空间；空隙
- vt. 使无效；排放
- n. (Void)人名；(俄)沃伊德
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词态变化
复数:?voids;第三人称单数:?voids;过去式:?voided;过去分词:?voided;现在分词:?voiding;
中文词源
void 空白，空虚
来自古法语voide,空的，来自PIE*wa-,空出，遗弃，词源同vain,vacuum。引申词义空白，空虚。
英文词源
- void
- void: see avoid
- void (adj.)
- c. 1300, "unoccupied, vacant," from Anglo-French and Old French voide, viude "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste, uncultivated, fallow," as a noun, "opening, hole; loss," from Latin vocivos "unoccupied, vacant," related to vacuus "empty" (see vacuum (n.)). Meaning "lacking or wanting" (something) is recorded from early 15c. Meaning "legally invalid, without legal efficacy" is attested from mid-15c.
- void (n.)
- 1610s, "unfilled space, gap," from void (adj.). Meaning "absolute empty space, vacuum" is from 1727.
- void (v.)
- "to clear" (some place, of something), c. 1300, from Anglo-French voider, Old French vuider "to empty, drain; to abandon, evacuate," from voide (see void (adj.)); meaning "to deprive (something) of legal validity" is attested from early 14c. Related: Voided; voiding.
双语例句
- 1. He stared into the dark void where the battle had been fought.
- 他凝望着那片漆黑的空旷之地，那次战役就是在这里进行的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He is confident the backroom can step into the temporary void.
- 他确信原先的幕后智囊能够填补暂时的空缺。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A spokeswoman said the agreement had been declared null and void.
- 女发言人称该协议已宣布无效。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The ship moved silently through the black void.
- 船静悄悄地划过漆黑的夜。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The treaty is now void of absolute commitments.
- 条约现在失去了绝对的约束力。
来自柯林斯例句