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empty

['emptɪ] брит. / амер.

прил.
1. пустой, полый (о ёмкостях, таре и т. п.); порожний (о транспорте)
2. необитаемый, нежилой; незанятый, свободный (о месте, жилье и т. п.)
3. бессодержательный, пустой, поверхностный (о словах, обещаниях и т. п.; об образе жизни, о периоде жизни)
4. опустошённый (о человеке)
5. 1. разг. голодный
  2. стельный (о коровах и других домашних животных)
сущ.; обычно мн.; разг.
пустая тара, порожний транспорт, свободное помещение
гл.
1. опорожнять, выливать, высыпать; осушать (стакан и т. п.)
2. освобождать (помещение - от мебели, людей)
3. пустеть
4. впадать (о реке)

Physics (En-Ru)

empty

вакантный, пустой

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The thrushes were calling, and in the swamps close by something alive droned pitifully with a sound like blowing into an empty bottle.
Кричали дрозды, и по соседству в болотах что-то живое жалобно гудело, точно дуло в пустую бутылку.
Чехов, А.П. / СтудентChekhov, A. / The student
The student
Chekhov, A.
© 1999 by Random House, Inc.
Студент
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

He U-turned smoothly across the empty road and drove Vassell and Coomer away.
Он ловко развернулся на пустой дороге и увез Васселя и Кумера.
Child, Lee / The EnemyЧайлд, Ли / Враг
Враг
Чайлд, Ли
© 2004 by Lee Child
© Перевод. В. Гольдич, И. Оганесова, 2010
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
The Enemy
Child, Lee
© 2004 by Lee Child

He stood at his post in BioMed, though his empty chair was barely a meter away.
Каннингем стоял на своем посту в биомедотсеке, хотя до свободного кресла ему было два шага.
Watts, Peter / BlindsightУоттс, Питер / Ложная слепота
Ложная слепота
Уоттс, Питер
© 2006 by Peter Watts
© Д.М.Смушкович, перевод, 2009
© ООО "Астрель-СПб", 2010
Blindsight
Watts, Peter
© 2006 by Peter Watts

Steel would be better than empty air between me and these two.
Сталь — более надежная защита, чем воздух.
Saintcrow, Lilith / Dead Man RisingСэйнткроу, Лилит / Возвращение мертвеца
Возвращение мертвеца
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
© Перевод. С. Теремязева, 2009
© Издание на руском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
© 2006 by Lilith Saintcrow
Dead Man Rising
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2006 by Lilith Saintcrow

If something does not soon happen to her, it will become a silly empty face.
Если в ближайшее время в ее жизни не произойдет ничего существенного, это будет просто глуповатая, пустая физиономия.
Updike, John / Rabbit At RestАпдайк, Джон / Кролик успокоился
Кролик успокоился
Апдайк, Джон
© Перевод. Н. Роговская, 2009
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
© John Updike, 1990
Rabbit At Rest
Updike, John
© 1990 by John Updike

" The incorrigible old man's heart throbbed with excitement; he paced up and down his empty rooms listening. He had to be on the alert.
Сердце неугомонного старичка билось тревожно, он ходил по пустым своим комнатам и прислушивался.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

He had to think of vespers, which he generally said to empty seats, for even mother Brichet did not carry her piety so far as to go back to church in the afternoon.
В этот день бывала вечерня; обычно он служил ее перед пустыми стульями, так как даже тетка Брише не простирала своей набожности до того, чтобы возвращаться в церковь после обеда.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

Drizzt got out the back door of the bathhouse and found himself in an empty alley, the only unpopulated stretch he had seen since entering Memnon.
Выскочив из бани через заднюю дверь, Дзирт оказался в безлюдной аллее. Это была, пожалуй, единственная во всем Мемноне совершенно пустынная улица.
Salvatore, Robert / The Halfling’s GemСальваторе, Роберт / Проклятие рубина
Проклятие рубина
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 1990 TSR, Inc.
© С. Топоров, перевод, 2007
© ИЦ "Максима", 2007
The Halfling’s Gem
Salvatore, Robert
© 1990 TSR, Inc.

I can imagine how sad it must have been for her to go on living--still more, to die--alone in that great empty house at Petrovskoe, with no relations or any one near her.
Тяжело, я думаю, было Наталье Савишне жить и еще тяжелее умирать одной, в большом пустом петровском доме, без родных, без друзей.
Толстой, Л.Н. / ДетствоTolstoy, Leo / Childhood
Childhood
Tolstoy, Leo
© 2007 Objective Systems Pty Ltd
Детство
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1960

"One day," he said, "the camp was empty.
— А потом настал день, — продолжал он, — когда лагерь опустел.
Rosnay, Tatiana de / Sarah's KeyРосней, Татьяна де / Ключ Сары
Ключ Сары
Росней, Татьяна де
Sarah's Key
Rosnay, Tatiana de
© 2007 by Tatiana de Rosnay

Since the titanium 4+ ion has a 3d0 electronic configuration, the valence band is completely filled and the conduction band is completely empty.
Поскольку ион титана 4+ имеет электронную конфигурацию 3d0, то валентная зона полностью заполнена, а зона проводимости полностью пуста.
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And if it wasn't empty at the end of the night, why, there was always a fresh night coming along.
Иной раз на дне что-то и оставалось, но один вечер всегда сменялся другим.
King, Stephen / Wizard and GlassКинг, Стивен / Колдун и Кристалл
Колдун и Кристалл
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1997
© Перевод, В.А. Вебер, 1998
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
Wizard and Glass
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1997, 2003

Without the dragon, they are dead stone and empty corpses, nothing more."
Без дракона все они - пустые оболочки.
Salvatore, Robert / Promise of the Witch KingСальваторе, Роберт / Заклятие короля-колдуна
Заклятие короля-колдуна
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 2005 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© ИЦ "Максима", 2007
© Е. Фурсикова, перевод, 2007
Promise of the Witch King
Salvatore, Robert
© 2005 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

The three women fidgeted and looked nervously at the empty mud-coloured walls.
Три женщины беспокойно ерзали на стульях, нервно поглядывая на пустые грязно-серые стены.
Bradbury, Ray / Fahrenheit 451Брэдбери, Рэй / 451 градус по Фаренгейту
451 градус по Фаренгейту
Брэдбери, Рэй
© Издательство "Радуга", 1989
Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray
© 1953 by Ray Bradbury

I could hear the sound of an empty bottle rolling down the aisle.
Где-то сзади с грохотом покатилась по полу пустая бутылка.
Murakami, Haruki / Dance, dance, danceМураками, Харуки / Дэнс, дэнс, дэнс
Дэнс, дэнс, дэнс
Мураками, Харуки
© Haruki Murakami 1991 "Dansu, dansu, dansu"
© Дмитрий Коваленин, 2001
Dance, dance, dance
Murakami, Haruki
© 1994 by Kodansha International Ltd.

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'emptɪAdjectiveпустой; полый; порожнийExamples

empty wine-bottle — пустая винная бутылка

User translations

Adjective

1.
пустой
translation added by Arina Rumyantseva
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1.
Опустошать.
translation added by Валерий Коротоношко
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2.
пустой
translation added by Регина Хабибуллина
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3.
пусто ,пустой, лишенный смысла
translation added by Elshe El
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Collocations

empty alphabet

пустой алфавит

empty argument

пустой аргумент

empty ball

пустой шар

empty band

свободное поле

empty category

пустая категория

empty cell

пустая клетка

empty class

пустой класс

empty clause

пустой дизъюнкт

empty collection

пустая совокупность

empty collection

пустое множество

empty complex

пустой комплекс

empty conic

пустое коническое сечение

empty constituent

пустой конституэнт

empty core

пустое ядро

empty domain

пустая область

Word forms

empty

verb

Basic forms
Past	emptied
Imperative	empty
Present Participle (Participle I)	emptying
Past Participle (Participle II)	emptied

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I empty	we empty
you empty	you empty
he/she/it empties	they empty

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am emptying	we are emptying
you are emptying	you are emptying
he/she/it is emptying	they are emptying

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have emptied	we have emptied
you have emptied	you have emptied
he/she/it has emptied	they have emptied

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been emptying	we have been emptying
you have been emptying	you have been emptying
he/she/it has been emptying	they have been emptying

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I emptied	we emptied
you emptied	you emptied
he/she/it emptied	they emptied

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was emptying	we were emptying
you were emptying	you were emptying
he/she/it was emptying	they were emptying

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had emptied	we had emptied
you had emptied	you had emptied
he/she/it had emptied	they had emptied

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been emptying	we had been emptying
you had been emptying	you had been emptying
he/she/it had been emptying	they had been emptying

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will empty	we shall/will empty
you will empty	you will empty
he/she/it will empty	they will empty

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be emptying	we shall/will be emptying
you will be emptying	you will be emptying
he/she/it will be emptying	they will be emptying

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have emptied	we shall/will have emptied
you will have emptied	you will have emptied
he/she/it will have emptied	they will have emptied

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been emptying	we shall/will have been emptying
you will have been emptying	you will have been emptying
he/she/it will have been emptying	they will have been emptying

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would empty	we should/would empty
you would empty	you would empty
he/she/it would empty	they would empty

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be emptying	we should/would be emptying
you would be emptying	you would be emptying
he/she/it would be emptying	they would be emptying

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have emptied	we should/would have emptied
you would have emptied	you would have emptied
he/she/it would have emptied	they would have emptied

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been emptying	we should/would have been emptying
you would have been emptying	you would have been emptying
he/she/it would have been emptying	they would have been emptying

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am emptied	we are emptied
you are emptied	you are emptied
he/she/it is emptied	they are emptied

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being emptied	we are being emptied
you are being emptied	you are being emptied
he/she/it is being emptied	they are being emptied

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been emptied	we have been emptied
you have been emptied	you have been emptied
he/she/it has been emptied	they have been emptied

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was emptied	we were emptied
you were emptied	you were emptied
he/she/it was emptied	they were emptied

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being emptied	we were being emptied
you were being emptied	you were being emptied
he/she/it was being emptied	they were being emptied

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been emptied	we had been emptied
you had been emptied	you had been emptied
he/she/it had been emptied	they had been emptied

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be emptied	we shall/will be emptied
you will be emptied	you will be emptied
he/she/it will be emptied	they will be emptied

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been emptied	we shall/will have been emptied
you will have been emptied	you will have been emptied
he/she/it will have been emptied	they will have been emptied

empty

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	empty	empties
Possessive case	empty's	empties'

empty

adjective

Positive degree	empty
Comparative degree	emptier
Superlative degree	emptiest

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empty

Physics (En-Ru)

empty

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Word forms

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empty

empty

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