Devoid
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 空的, 缺少的
- ［英］ adj. 空的, 缺少的 ( empty or destitute of)
- ［记］ de+void ( 空) -> 空的
- ［同］ 同根词: void ( 避免) ; voidance ( 排泄, 取消)
- ［例］ This house is totally devoid of furniture.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Middle English, past participle of devoiden to dispel, from Anglo-French *desvoider, from des- dis- + voider to empty — more at void
- Date: 15th century
- being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment — used with of<an argument devoid of sense><a landscape devoid of life>
