void

noun
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[usually singular] (formal or literary)
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  1. a large empty space空间;空白;真空;空虚
    • Below him was nothing but a black void.他下面只是一片漆黑。🔊🔊
    • She sat staring into the void, emptying her mind of all thoughts.她坐在凝视着虚无的地方,使所有想法都荡然无存。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • deep
    • great
    verb + void
    • create
    • leave
    • fill
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  2. a feeling of being empty, caused by the loss of somebody/something
    • The void left by his mother's death was never filled.他母亲死后留下的空虚感永远没能填补上。🔊🔊
    • It seemed that nothing could fill the aching black void left by Rachel’s death.雷切尔去世留下来的痛苦空虚似乎什么也无法填补。
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘unoccupied’): from a dialect variant of Old French vuide; related to Latin vacare ‘vacate’; the verb partly a shortening of avoid, reinforced by Old French voider.

void

adjective
🔊/vɔɪd/
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Idioms
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  1. void of something (formal) completely without something 缺乏;没有synonym devoid
    • The sky was void of stars.天空没有一颗星星。🔊🔊
  2. (law法律) (of a contract, an agreement etc.合同、协议等) not correct or legally valid无效的
    • The agreement was declared void.该协议已宣布无效。🔊🔊
    • an impediment which rendered the marriage void一个令婚姻无效的障碍
    Topics Law and justicec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • make something
    phrases
    • null and void
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  3. (formal) empty空的;空空如也的
    • void spaces空位
  4. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘unoccupied’): from a dialect variant of Old French vuide; related to Latin vacare ‘vacate’; the verb partly a shortening of avoid, reinforced by Old French voider.
Idioms
null and void
  1. (law法律) (of an election, agreement, etc.选举、协议等) having no legal force; not valid无法律效力的;无效的
    • The contract was declared null and void.合同被宣布无效。🔊🔊
    • They declared the agreement null and void.他们宣布协议无效。

void

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they void
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he / she / it voids
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past simple voided
🔊/ˈvɔɪdɪd/
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past participle voided
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-ing form voiding
🔊/ˈvɔɪdɪŋ/
🔊/ˈvɔɪdɪŋ/
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  1. void something (law法律) to state officially that something is no longer correct or legally valid 使无效;宣布…作废;取消synonym invalidate, nullifyTopics Law and justicec2
  2. void something (formal) to empty waste matter from the bladder or bowels 排泄,排放(大小便)
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘unoccupied’): from a dialect variant of Old French vuide; related to Latin vacare ‘vacate’; the verb partly a shortening of avoid, reinforced by Old French voider.