vacant

adj. 空虚的；空的；空缺的；空闲的；茫然的

n. (Vacant)人名；(法)瓦康

中文词源

vacant 空着的

来自拉丁语vacare,空的，词源同vain.

vacant: vacant: [13] Latin vacāre meant ‘be empty’. Its present participle vacāns has provided English with vacant, while its past participle lies behind English vacate [17] and vacation [14]. It also formed the basis of an adjective vacuus ‘empty’, from which English gets vacuous [17] and vacuum [16] (the term vacuum cleaner is first recorded in 1903, and the consequent verb vacuum in 1922). English avoid and void come from a variant of Latin vacāre.
=> vacate, vacuum
vacant (adj.): c. 1300, "not filled, held, or occupied," from Old French vacant "idle, unoccupied" (of an office, etc.), from Latin vacantem (nominative vacans), "empty, unoccupied," present participle of vacare "to be empty" (see vain). Meaning "characterized by absence of mental occupation" is from 1570s. Related: Vacantly.

发音想成“未垦的”。

1. They may headhunt her for the vacant position of Executive Producer.: 他们可能会挖她去填补执行制片人这一空缺职位。

2. The vacant W.B.C. junior-lightweight title has been called off.: 空缺的世界拳击理事会次轻量级头衔被取消了。

3. Vacant rooms on the campus were being used by holidaying families.: 校园里的闲置宿舍住着一些度假的家庭。