1640s, "empty" (implied in vacuousness), from Latin vacuus "empty, void, free" (see vacuum (n.)). Figurative sense of "empty of ideas, without intelligent expression" is from 1848. Related: Vacuously.
1. Male models are not always so vacuous as they are made out to be.
男模特儿并不总像人们说的那样愚蠢。
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2. She seemed almost to be apart from herself -- vacuous duplicate only.
她似乎几乎与她自身都分离开了 - 仅仅剩下一个空虚的躯壳.
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3. We would be satisfied with any draft document, however vacuous.
1640s, "empty" (implied in vacuousness), from Latin vacuus "empty, void, free" (see vacuum (n.)). Figurative sense of "empty of ideas, without intelligent expression" is from 1848. Related: Vacuously.
双语例句
1. Male models are not always so vacuous as they are made out to be.
男模特儿并不总像人们说的那样愚蠢。
来自辞典例句
2. She seemed almost to be apart from herself -- vacuous duplicate only.
她似乎几乎与她自身都分离开了 - 仅仅剩下一个空虚的躯壳.
来自辞典例句
3. We would be satisfied with any draft document, however vacuous.