hollow

1. 区别：hollow、hallow: hollow中的字母o就像是一个中空的洞。

hollow 空洞的，虚伪的

来自古英语holh,空洞，洞，穴，词源同hole.引申词义空洞的，虚伪的。

hollow

hollow: [12] Modern English hole comes from an Old English adjective meaning ‘hollow’, and by a coincidental swap hollow originated in an Old English word for ‘hole’ (the two are probably ultimately related). Old English holh meant ‘hollow place’, ‘hole’, or ‘cave’, and presumably came from the same source as produced Old English hol ‘hollow’. In the early Middle English period it began to be used as an adjective, its inflected form holge having become holwe, later holew or hollow.
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hollow (adj.)

c. 1200, from Old English holh (n.) "hollow place, hole," from Proto-Germanic *hul-, from PIE *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell). The figurative sense of "insincere" is attested from 1520s. Related: Hollowly; hollowness. To carry it hollow "take it completely" is first recorded 1660s, of unknown origin or connection.

hollow (v.)

late 14c., holowen, from hollow (adj.). Related: Hollowed; hollowing.

hollow (n.)

"lowland, valley, basin," 1550s, probably a modern formation from hollow (adj.). Old English had holh (n.) "cave, den; internal cavity."

1. Bake some big red peppers and hollow them out.

将几个大红甜椒烤一烤，再把它们掏空。

2. He looked young, dark and sharp-featured, with hollow cheeks.

他看起来很年轻，肤色黝黑，五官分明，双颊凹陷。

3. The ersatz spontaneity of "Sunday Love" sounds especially hollow.

对《星期天的爱情》这首歌的即兴模仿听起来尤其空洞。

4. Murray Pick's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.

默里·皮克的干笑里没有一点快乐。

5. I made my home there, in the hollow of a dying elm.

我在一棵快要枯死的榆树的树洞里安了家。

【hollow, cavity, pit, cave, hole】
这组词都有“洞、穴”的意思，其区别是：
hollow: 通常指表面上的坑或凹处，也指物体内部的空洞。
cavity: 比hole正式，指实体内中或表面的空洞或空腔。
pit: 指天然的大洞，尤指地上的洞，也指为采掘矿物而挖的深洞。
cave: 指出洞、窑洞或溶洞，可以是天然的或人造的。
hole: 最普通用词，泛指实体上的洞、孔或坑，不涉及其大小、深浅或穿透与否。

【open, blank, vacant, hollow, empty】
这组词都有“空的”的意思，其区别是：
open: 指未被占有，从而可被别人得到的。
blank: 指上面没有写字、印刷或做记号的空白表面，或指上面留着准备被填写的空白处。
vacant: 普通用词，侧重某物或某个位置没有被占用。
hollow: 指物体中间是空的。
empty: 指空无一人或一物，或空洞无意义的。