| Title | Vacant |
|---|---|
| Text | Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary va·cant \\ˈvā-kənt\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin vacant-, vacans, present participle of vacare to be empty, be free
DATE 14th century
1. not occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officera 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 Synonyms: see empty • va·cant·ly adverb • va·cant·ness noun English Etymology vacant late 13c., from O.Fr . vacant, from L. vacantem (nom. vacans), prp. of vacare "to be empty" (see vain).
http://O.Fr Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English vacant VERBS be | become, fall (only used of jobs) A seat became vacant and he sat down in it. A job fell vacant in the accounting department. | remain | leave sth The office of president had been left vacant since her retirement. | keep sth The job will be kept vacant for a few more weeks. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 vacant va·cant / 5veikEnt / adjective1. (of a seat, hotel room, house, etc. 座位、旅馆房间、房屋等) empty; not being used 空着的；未被占用的 SYN unoccupied :vacant properties 未被占用的房地产 The seat next to him was vacant. 他旁边的座位空着。 (especially NAmE) a vacant lot (= a piece of land in a city that is not being used) 一块闲置的地皮 ⇨ compare engaged (4), occupied (1) 2. (formal) if a job in a company is vacant, nobody is doing it and it is available for sb to take (职位)空缺的: When the post finally fell (= became) vacant, they offered it to Fiona. 这个职位最终空出来之后,他们给了菲奥纳。 (BrE) Situations Vacant (= a section in a newspaper where jobs are advertised) 招聘广告栏目 3. (of a look, an expression, etc. 目光、表情等) showing no sign that the person is thinking of anything 无神的；呆滞的；茫然的；若有所失的: a vacant look 呆滞的目光 • va·cant·ly adv.: to stare vacantly 茫然瞪视 OLT vacant adj. ⇨ empty Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged va·cant \ˈvākənt\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vacant-, vacans, present participle of vacare to be empty, be free; perhaps akin to Latin vanus empty, vain — more at wane 1. : not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer < appointed to the vacant office > 2. : being without content or occupant < a vacant seat in a bus > < a vacant room > 3. : devoid , destitute — usually used with of< the past, the future, majesty, love … you are vacant of them — Walt Whitman > 4. : free from activity < amid the stillness of the vacant night — William Cowper > : free from work or occupation : unoccupied < obliged to spend his vacant hours in a comfortless hotel — Jane Austen > 5. : characterized by absence of thought and reflection: as a. : stupid , foolish , silly , dull b. : expressionless < she would forget altogether what she was about, and would sit down with a peculiarly vacant look on her face — O.E.Rölvaag > < vacant serenity of a … marble athlete — Edith Wharton > c. : marked by a respite from coherent purposive thought and reflection or by freedom from care < when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood — William Wordsworth > 6. : of, relating to, or being premises which are not lived in and from which the furniture and fixtures have been removed — compare unoccupied b7. a. : not occupied or put to use < vacant land > b. : having no heir or claimant : abandoned < a vacant estate > c. : not granted away — used especially of state lands Synonyms: see empty |
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