void

英 [v??d] 美[v??d]

近義詞invalid

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復數:?voids;第三人稱單數:?voids;過去式:?voided;過去分詞:?voided;現在分詞:?voiding;

void 空白，空虛

來自古法語voide,空的，來自PIE*wa-,空出，遺棄，詞源同vain,vacuum。引申詞義空白，空虛。

void: void: see avoid
void (adj.): c. 1300, "unoccupied, vacant," from Anglo-French and Old French voide, viude "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste, uncultivated, fallow," as a noun, "opening, hole; loss," from Latin vocivos "unoccupied, vacant," related to vacuus "empty" (see vacuum (n.)). Meaning "lacking or wanting" (something) is recorded from early 15c. Meaning "legally invalid, without legal efficacy" is attested from mid-15c.
void (n.): 1610s, "unfilled space, gap," from void (adj.). Meaning "absolute empty space, vacuum" is from 1727.
void (v.): "to clear" (some place, of something), c. 1300, from Anglo-French voider, Old French vuider "to empty, drain; to abandon, evacuate," from voide (see void (adj.)); meaning "to deprive (something) of legal validity" is attested from early 14c. Related: Voided; voiding.

1. He stared into the dark void where the battle had been fought.: 他凝望著那片漆黑的空曠之地，那次戰役就是在這里進行的。

2. He is confident the backroom can step into the temporary void.: 他確信原先的幕后智囊能夠填補暫時的空缺。

3. A spokeswoman said the agreement had been declared null and void.: 女發言人稱該協議已宣布無效。