hollow
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adjective
1. having a hole or empty space inside:
〈物などが〉空洞の, からっぽの(↔ solid)
e.g. each fiber has a hollow core.
(of a thing) having a depression in its surface; concave:
〈(物の)表面が〉くぼんだ, へこんだ
e.g. hollow cheeks.
(of a sound) echoing, as though made in or on an empty container:
〖名詞の前で〗低く鈍い音で反響する; うつろな, 力のない〈音･声･笑いなど〉
e.g. a hollow cough.
2. without significance:
〖通例名詞の前で〗価値のない, 中身のない〈勝利など〉
e.g. the result was a hollow victory.
insincere:
〖通例名詞の前で〗うわべだけの, 本心からとは思えない, 感情がこもらない〈言葉など〉
e.g. a hollow promise.
noun
a hole or depression in something:
穴, 空洞, 中空; くぼみ, へこみ
e.g. a hollow at the base of a large tree.
a small valley:
盆地, 谷間
e.g. the house fell behind as they climbed out of the hollow.
verb with object
form by making a hole:
…をくり抜く(out); «…を» くり抜いて…を作る(out) «of»
e.g. a tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range.
make a depression in.
〈表面〉にへこみを作る, くぼみを付ける
PHRASES
beat someone hollow
defeat or surpass someone completely or thoroughly.
in the hollow of one's hand
entirely in one's power:
e.g. great events lay in the hollow of his hand.
DERIVATIVES
hollowly |ˈhälōlē| adverb
hollowness |ˈhälōnəs| noun
ORIGIN
Old English holh‘cave’; obscurely related to hole.