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['vækjʊəs]* * *vacuous /ˈvækjʊəs/a.(fig.) vacuo; vuoto (di significato): a vacuous mind, una mente vacua, assente; a vacuous stare [smile], uno sguardo vuoto [un sorriso] vuoto; a vacuous question, una domanda vuota di significatovacuously avv. vacuousness n. [u] NOTA D'USO: - vacant o vacuous?-.* * *['vækjʊəs] -
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vacu·ous[ˈvækjuəs]2. (expressionless) look, expression ausdruckslos, leer* * *['vkjʊəs]adjeyes, face, stare ausdruckslos, leer; film, play, book, remarks nichtssagend* * *1. leer2. figa) geistesabwesend (Gesichtsausdruck etc)b) leer (Blick etc)c) nichtssagend, inhaltslos (Bemerkung etc)d) müßig:3. geistlos* * *adj.leer adj. -
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