空洞 — meaning in English

English meaning

• cavity noun A hollow space or hole inside something solid.
• hollow noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

空洞 is used for these senses in English:

• cavity A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
• hollow (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
• shell (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.

cavity — full definition

1. noun A hollow space or hole inside something solid.
2. noun A decayed, hollow spot in a tooth caused by tooth decay.

hollow — full definition

1. noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
2. noun An empty space or cavity inside something.
3. adj Having an empty space inside; not solid.
4. adj Insincere or lacking real meaning or substance.
5. verb To dig or carve out a hole or cavity in something.

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