vacant

adj.空的；adj.面无表情的，茫然的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
vacant (adjective)
1.
not occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer - a vacant office vacant thrones
2.
being without content or occupant - a vacant seat on a bus a vacant room
3.
free from activity or work - disengaged vacant hours
4.
devoid of thought, reflection, or expression - a vacant smile
5.
not lived in - vacant houses
6.
a) not put to use - vacant land
b) having no heir or claimant - abandoned a vacant estate empty
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
vacant (adjective)
1.
lacking contents that could or should be present
SYNONYMS:
bare, blank, clean, devoid, stark, toom, vacant, vacuous, void
RELATED WORDS:
barren, hollow; available, clear, free, open; unfilled, unfurnished; unattended, uninhabited, unoccupied; abandoned, deserted, emptied, forsaken, vacated; depleted, drained, dry, exhausted
NEAR ANTONYMS:
complete; replete; furnished, provided, supplied; filled, occupied; flush, overflowing, packed, teeming
full
vacant (adjective)
2.
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
SYNONYMS:
dead, dormant, fallow, free, idle, inert, inoperative, latent, off, unused, vacant
RELATED WORDS:
abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended; unoccupied; asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy; inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless; dull, slow
NEAR ANTONYMS:
functional, operable, operational, workable; assiduous, industrious, sedulous; energetic, vigorous; feasible, practical, usable ( useable), useful, viable
active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, going, living, on, operating, operative, running, working
vacant (adjective)
3.
not expressing any emotion
SYNONYMS:
catatonic, deadpan, empty, expressionless, impassive, inexpressive, numb, stolid, vacant
RELATED WORDS:
dull, vacuous, vague, vapid; enigmatic ( enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious; motionless, static, still, wooden; reserved, restrained, reticent, taciturn; aloof, apathetic, cold, cool, detached, indifferent, phlegmatic, unresponsive
NEAR ANTONYMS:
engaged, interested, responsive; active, alive, animated, bright, busy, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, expansive, exuberant, lively, vivacious; eloquent, revealing, revelatory; gestic, gesticulant, gesticulative, gesticulatory, gestural; emotional, melodramatic, theatrical ( theatric), unreserved, unrestrained
demonstrative, expressive
vacant (adjective)
4.
left unoccupied or unused
SYNONYMS:
derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forgotten, forsaken, rejected, vacant, vacated, void
RELATED WORDS:
ignored, neglected, unattended, untended; castaway, cast-off, discarded, jettisoned, junked, refuse, waste; godforsaken, miserable, shabby, wretched; empty, idle
NEAR ANTONYMS:
reclaimed, recovered, redeemed, rescued, retrieved, salvaged, saved; reconditioned, rehabbed, rehabilitated, restored; repeopled
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