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♦ empty /ˈɛmptɪ/A a.2 (fig.) vuoto; vacuo; vano; inutile: empty words, parole vuote; empty promises, promesse vane; empty threats, vane minacce; My life felt empty, la mia vita mi pareva vuota4 – empty of, privo di; senza: empty of traffic, privo di traffico; a room empty of furniture, una stanza senza mobili5 (mat.) vuotoB n.(recipiente, imballaggio, ecc.) vuoto: to return the empties, restituire i vuoti● empty-handed, a mani vuote ( anche fig.) □ empty-headed, sciocco □ (ferr.) empty journey, percorso a vagone vuoto □ (fam.) empty-nester, genitore con i figli grandi usciti di casa □ (comput.) empty string, stringa vuota □ empty weight, peso a vuoto ( di un veicolo) □ (ling.) empty word, parola priva di significato ma con una funzione grammaticale □ on an empty stomach, a stomaco vuoto; a digiuno.(to) empty /ˈɛmptɪ/A v. t.1 vuotare; svuotare: to empty one's glass, vuotare il bicchiere; to empty ( out) one's pockets, vuotarsi le tasche; to empty a bucket into a tank, svuotare un secchio (o versare il contenuto di un secchio) in una cisterna; The house had been emptied of all its furniture, la casa era stata sgombrata di tutti i mobili2 versare, rovesciare (il contenuto di qc.); svuotare: He emptied out the contents of his suitcase, ha svuotato la valigia3 (fig.) svuotare; privare: to empty a sentence of all meaning, svuotare una frase di ogni significatoB v. i.3 ( di fiume) sboccare; sfociare: The Po river empties ( itself) into the Adriatic sea, il Po sfocia nel mare Adriatico. -
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empty [ˈemptɪ]1. adjectivea. ( = containing nothing) vide• to be running on empty [car] avoir le réservoir pratiquement vide ; [person] avoir l'estomac vide ; [organization] être à bout de souffleb. ( = meaningless) [phrase, rhetoric] creux ; [dream, hope] vain• empty talk verbiage mc. ( = numb) [person] vidé ; [feeling] de vide• when I heard the news I felt empty quand j'ai appris la nouvelle, je me suis senti vidé2. plural nouna. [+ vehicle] décharger[water] s'écouler ; [building, room, washing machine] se vider5. compounds* * *['emptɪ] 1.1) [street] désert; [desk] libre; [container] vide; [page] vierge2) fig [promise, threat] en l'air; [dream, rhetoric] creux/creuse; [gesture] vide de sens; [life] vide2.transitive verb, intransitive verb = empty outPhrasal Verbs: -
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• Empty bag cannot stand /upright/ (An) - Пустой мешок стоять не будет (П)• Empty barrel (bowl, kettle) makes the most noise (An) - Пустая бочка пуще гремит (П)• Empty barrels make the greatest din (sound) - Пустая бочка пуще гремит (П)• Empty can makes a lot of noise (An) - Пустая бочка пуще гремит (П)• Empty casks make the most noise - Пустая бочка пуще гремит (П)• Empty pail makes the most noise (The) - Пустая бочка пуще гремит (П)• Empty sack cannot stand upright (An) - Пустой мешок стоять не будет (П)• Empty vessels make the most noise (sound) - Пустая бочка пуще гремит (П)• Empty wagon makes the most noise (The) - Пустая бочка пуще гремит (П)• Empty wagon rattles loudest/ (An) - Пустая бочка пуще гремит (П)• He that is full of himself is very empty - Тот человек пустой, кто полон самим собой (T)• It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright - Пустой мешок стоять не будет (П)• It's hard for an empty bag to stand upright - Пустой мешок стоять не будет (П)• Loaded wagon creaks, an empty one rattles (A) - Пустая бочка пуще гремит (П) -
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(a) (glass, room, box etc) vide; (city, street) désert; (cinema) désert, vide; (job, post) vacant, à pourvoir;∎ the house was empty of people la maison était vide;∎ my stomach is empty (I'm hungry) j'ai un creux (à l'estomac);∎ to do sth on an empty stomach faire qch à jeun;∎ Medicine to be taken on an empty stomach (on packaging) à prendre à jeun;∎ to feel empty (drained of emotion) se sentir vidé (sur le plan émotionnel);∎ the fuel gauge was at or showing empty le niveau du réservoir était à zéro;∎ to be running on empty (car) avoir le réservoir presque vide; figurative ne plus avoir d'énergie, être à bout de souffle;∎ proverb empty vessels make most noise = ce sont souvent les ignorants qui sont les plus bavards(b) figurative (words, talk) creux; (promise) en l'air, vain; (gesture) dénué de sens; (threat) en l'air;∎ empty of meaning vide ou dénué de sens;∎ to feel empty (after bereavement, trauma) sentir un vide;∎ life feels empty now that you've gone ma vie est vide maintenant que tu es partie2 noun(glass, pocket, room) vider; (car, lorry) décharger; (cesspool, tank, barrel) vidanger; Computing (wastebasket, bin) vider;∎ he emptied (the contents of) the bucket over her head il a vidé le seau sur sa tête;∎ she emptied the cigarette butts into a plant pot elle a versé les mégots dans un pot de fleurs(building, street, container) se vider; (water) s'écouler;∎ to empty into the sea (river) se jeter dans la mer;∎ the crowd emptied onto the streets la foule s'est répandue dans les ruesvider(tank, container) se vider; (water, liquid) s'écouler -
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empty [ˊemptɪ]1. a1) пусто́й; поро́жний;empty sheet of paper чи́стый лист бума́ги
;empty crate пуста́я та́ра
;tank empty of petrol пусто́й бензоба́к
2) нежило́й, незаселённый3) пусто́й, бессодержа́тельный;empty words, words empty of meaning слова́, лишённые смы́сла; пусты́е слова́
;empty rhetoric пустосло́вие
4) разг. голо́дный;to feel empty чу́вствовать го́лод
;empty stomachs голода́ющие
5) тех. без нагру́зки, холосто́й◊empty vessels make the greatest или the most sound посл. пуста́я бо́чка пу́ще греми́т
2. n (обыкн. pl)1) поро́жняя та́ра (бутылки, ящики и т.п.);returned empties возвра́тная та́ра
2) ж.-д. порожня́к3. v1) опорожня́ть, освобожда́ть; осуша́ть ( стакан); вылива́ть; высыпа́ть; выка́чивать, выпуска́ть2) перелива́ть, пересыпа́ть (into)3) опорожня́ться; пусте́ть -
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EMPTY, VACANT, BLANKEmpty означает 'пустой, ничем не заполненный' (о каком-л. резервуаре): empty bucket, empty bottle, empty box. Vacant имеет значение 'не занятый, могущий быть использованным, вакантный': vacant post (position), vacant professorship. Blank означает 'пустой, неисписанный' (о бумаге), 'незаполненный' (о бланке, документе): blank page, blank application, blank sheet of paper. В случаях взаимной замены vacant и empty указанное различие в оттенках значения сохраняется. Ср. empty house 'дом без мебели и жильцов' и vacant house 'дом без жильцов', empty space 'незаполненное пространство' и vacant space 'пространство, которое может и должно быть заполнено'.Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > empty
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B adj1 ( lacking people) [room, building, theatre, beach, street] désert ; [desk] libre ; to stand empty [house, office] être inoccupé ;2 ( lacking contents) [container, pocket] vide ; [desktop] débarrassé ; [diary, page] vierge ; [stomach] vide ;3 ( unfulfilled) [promise, threat] en l'air ; [argument, dream, rhetoric] creux/creuse ; [gesture] vide de sens, dénué de sens ; empty of meaning vide de sens, dénué de sens ;4 ( purposeless) [life, days, person] vide (of de).■ empty out [building, container, public place, vehicle] se vider ; [river] se jeter ; [contents] se répandre ;▶ empty [sth] out, empty out [sth]1 ( clear) vider [building, theatre, container, mind] ; -
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empty out [building, container] vuotarsi, svuotarsi; [ river] buttarsi ( into in); [ contents] riversarsi ( into in); empty [sth.] out, empty out [sth.] vuotare, svuotare [building, container, mind]; versare [ liquid]* * * -
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empty out [building, container] se vider; [contents] se répandre; empty [something] out, empty out [something] gen vider; verser [liquid] -
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empty-handed [-'hændɪd]les mains vides;∎ to leave empty-handed repartir les mains vides;∎ to return empty-handed rentrer bredouille ou les mains videsUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > empty-handed
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empty-handed [ˏemptɪˊhændɪd] aс пусты́ми рука́ми;to go empty-handed уйти́ ни с чем; ≅ оста́ться при пи́ковом интере́се
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I. vt▪ to \empty out out ⇆ sth etw ausleerenshe emptied her bag out onto the desk sie leerte den Inhalt ihrer Tasche auf den Tisch* * *vt sepausleeren -
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empty I v 1. (ent)leeren; ausschütten; 2. räumen (ein Haus); ausräumen (Wohnung) empty II 1. leer; 2. leer(stehend), unbelegt, frei stehend (z. B. Wohnungen)English-German dictionary of Architecture and Construction > empty
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вместе с водой выплеснуть и ребёнка, вместе с ненужным отбросить главноеWe shall... empty the baby out with the bath by abolishing an institution which needs nothing more than a little rationalizing to make it... useful. (B. Shaw, ‘Getting Married’, ‘Preface’) — Мы... вместе с водой выплеснем и ребенка, если отменим институт брака, а он весьма полезен, надо лишь несколько улучшить его.
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empty-handed adj [arrive, leave] les mains vides ; [return] bredouille inv ; to be empty-handed avoir les mains vides. -
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empty crate пустая тара -
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empty pockets безденежье -
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empty rhetoric пустословие -
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empty stomachs голодающие -
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empty-headed [ˏemptɪˊhedɪd] aпустоголо́вый; неве́жественный
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