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名词中心; 中枢; （球队的） 中锋; 中心区

形容词中央的，位于正中的; （在）中心的

及物动词集中; 使聚集在一点; 定中心; 居中

不及物动词居中，有中心，被置于中心

1. - see centre

及物动词收集; 收藏; 接走; 聚积

不及物动词募捐; 募集

形容词由受话人付费的

1. 收集;采集
If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.

e.g. Two young girls were collecting firewood...
两个小女孩正在拾柴火。
e.g. Elizabeth had been collecting snails for a school project...
伊丽莎白一直在为完成学校的一份课题作业收集蜗牛。

2. 搜集;收藏
If you collect things, such as stamps or books, as a hobby, you get a large number of them over a period of time because they interest you.

e.g. I used to collect stamps...
我曾经集过邮。
e.g. One of Tony's hobbies was collecting rare birds.
托尼的业余爱好之一是搜集稀有鸟类。

形容词空的，空虚的，空洞的; 空闲的，无效的，徒劳的; 无聊的，愚蠢的; 言语或行动空洞的

及物动词（使）成为空的， 把…弄空; 把…腾出来

不及物动词成为空的; 流空

名词空车; 空的东西

1. 空的
An empty place, vehicle, or container is one that has no people or things in it.

e.g. The room was bare and empty.
房间空荡荡的。
e.g. ...empty cans of lager...
空的窖藏啤酒罐

2. (威胁、关系等)空洞的，无意义的，无效的
An empty gesture, threat, or relationship has no real value or meaning.

e.g. His father threatened to throw him out, but he knew it was an empty threat.
他父亲威胁要把他赶出去，但他知道那只不过是吓吓他罢了。
e.g. ...to ensure the event is not perceived as an empty gesture.
确保这一活动不被看作只是一种空洞的姿态

3. (生活或某段时间)空虚的，枯燥无味的
If you describe a person's life or a period of time as empty, you mean that nothing interesting or valuable happens in it.

e.g. My life was very hectic but empty before I met him.
在遇到他之前，我的生活非常繁忙却很空虚。

4. （感觉）空虚的，无力的
If you feel empty, you feel unhappy and have no energy, usually because you are very tired or have just experienced something upsetting.

e.g. I felt empty and hollow; defeated...
我感觉空虚无聊，充满挫败感。
e.g. I feel so empty, my life just doesn't seem worth living any more.
我觉得非常空虚，生活似乎根本不值得继续下去。

5. 清空;把…倒空
If you empty a container, or empty something out of it, you remove its contents, especially by tipping it up.

e.g. I emptied the ashtray...
我把烟灰缸倒空了。
e.g. Empty the noodles and liquid into a serving bowl...
把汤面倒进上菜用的碗中。

6. （使）（房间、场地等）变空;清空
If someone empties a room or place, or if it empties, everyone that is in it goes away.

e.g. The stadium emptied at the end of the first day of athletics.
首日比赛结束后，体育场空无一人。
e.g. ...a woman who could empty a pub full of drunks just by lifting one fist.
只要举起一只拳头就能把一酒吧的醉鬼全部赶跑的女人

7. （河流或运河）流入，注入
A river or canal that empties into a lake, river, or sea flows into it.

e.g. The Washougal empties into the Columbia River near Portland.
沃舒格尔河在波特兰附近注入哥伦比亚河。

8. 空瓶；空容器
Empties are bottles or containers which no longer have anything in them.

名词报纸，报; 旧报纸; 新闻纸

1. 报纸;报
A newspaper is a publication consisting of a number of large sheets of folded paper, on which news, advertisements, and other information is printed.

e.g. He was carrying a newspaper...
他拿着一份报纸。
e.g. They read their daughter's allegations in the newspaper.
他们从报纸上看到了女儿的说法。

2. 报馆;报社
A newspaper is an organization that produces a newspaper.

e.g. It is Britain's fastest growing national daily newspaper...
这是英国发展最快的全国性日报社。
e.g. Alexander Lazarus is a food critic for the newspaper.
亚历山大·拉扎勒斯是为该报撰稿的饮食评论家。

3. (尤指用作他途的)旧报纸
Newspaper consists of pieces of old newspapers, especially when they are being used for another purpose such as wrapping things up.

e.g. He found two pots, each wrapped in newspaper.
他发现了两个分别用报纸包着的罐子。

及物动词回收利用; 使再循环

不及物动词重复利用

1. 回收利用；循环利用
If you recycle things that have already been used, such as bottles or sheets of paper, you process them so that they can be used again.

e.g. The objective would be to recycle 98 per cent of domestic waste...
目标是对 98%的生活垃圾进行回收利用。
e.g. All glass bottles which can't be refilled can be recycled...
所有不能再次装用的玻璃瓶子都可以被回收利用。

形容词生锈的，腐蚀的; 铁锈色的，锈色的; 变钝的; 褪了色的

1. 生锈的
A rusty metal object such as a car or a machine is covered with rust, which is a brown substance that forms on iron or steel when it comes into contact with water.

e.g. We spent years travelling around in a rusty old van.
我们多年来都开着一辆生锈的旧货车四处旅行。
e.g. ...a rusty iron gate.
生锈的铁门

2. (技术、知识等)荒废的，生疏的
If a skill that you have or your knowledge of something is rusty, it is not as good as it used to be, because you have not used it for a long time.

e.g. ...skills which have gone rusty since the previous winter...
从去年冬天开始就荒废了的技术
e.g. You may be a little rusty, but past experience and teaching skills won't have been lost.
你可能有一点生疏，但是过去的经验和教学技巧是不会丢的。

3. 铁锈色的;赭色的;深褐色的
Rusty is sometimes used to describe things that are reddish-brown in colour.

e.g. Her hair was rusty brown.
她的头发是深褐色的。