Void

(noun.) an empty area or space; 'the huge desert voids'; 'the emptiness of outer space'; 'without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum'.

(verb.) clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something; 'The chemist voided the glass bottle'; 'The concert hall was voided of the audience'.

(adj.) containing nothing; 'the earth was without form, and void' .

整理:威尔伯

• Compared with the vast gilded void of Mrs. Hatch's existence, the life of Lily's former friends seemed packed with ordered activities. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• But enter this my homely roof, and see Our woods not void of hospitality. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• You seem to be clutching at the void--and at the same time you are void yourself. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Is it not, by its noble cares and sublime results, the one best calculated to fill the void left by uptorn affections and demolished hopes? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I conceive a conditional engagement to be null and void, when the conditions are not fulfilled. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Something must come with him into the hollow void of death in his soul, fill it up, and so equalise the pressure within to the pressure without. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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