vacancy

名词 n.
/ˈveɪkənsi/    /ˈveɪkənsi/|/ˈvæɪkənsi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unoccupied position or job. countable,uncountable
    — Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
  2. An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc. countable,uncountable
  3. Empty space. countable,uncountable
    — Sky was set above earth, land ringed with sea, / Chaos retired to its own vacancy ….
  4. A blank mind, unoccupied with thought. countable,uncountable
    — ...—who has not looked back to the past with that passion of hopelessness, which deems that life can never more be what it has been,—with a consciousness that the dearer emotions are exhausted, while in their place have arisen but vacancy and weariness?
  5. Lack of intelligence or understanding. countable,uncountable
  6. A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice countable,uncountable

词形变化

vacancies plural

词源

From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance.
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