void

noun

/vɔɪd/

[usually singular] (formal or literary)

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a large empty space空间；空白；真空；空虚
- Below him was nothing but a black void.他下面只是一片漆黑。
- She sat staring into the void, emptying her mind of all thoughts.她坐在那里凝视着虚空，清空了脑子里所有的想法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- deep
- great
- …
verb + void
- create
- leave
- fill
- …
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a feeling of being empty, caused by the loss of somebody/something空虚：因失去某人/某物而产生的空虚感
- The void left by his mother's death was never filled.他母亲死后留下的空虚感永远没能填补上。
- It seemed that nothing could fill the aching black void left by Rachel’s death.雷切尔去世留下来的痛苦空虚似乎什么也无法填补。

Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘unoccupied’): from a dialect variant of Old French vuide; related to Latin vacare ‘vacate’; the verb partly a shortening of avoid, reinforced by Old French voider.

void

adjective

/vɔɪd/

Idioms

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void of something (formal) completely without something缺乏；没有 synonym devoid
- The sky was void of stars.天空没有一颗星星。
(law法律) (of a contract, an agreement etc.合同、协议等) not correct or legally valid无效的
- The agreement was declared void.该协议已宣布无效。
- an impediment which rendered the marriage void一个令婚姻无效的障碍
Topics Law and justicec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- become
- make something
- …
phrases
- null and void
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(formal) empty空的；空空如也的
- void spaces空位

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null and void

(law法律) (of an election, agreement, etc.选举、协议等) having no legal force; not valid无法律效力的；无效的
- The contract was declared null and void.合同被宣布无效。
- They declared the agreement null and void.他们宣布协议无效。

void

verb

/vɔɪd/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they void	/vɔɪd/ /vɔɪd/
he / she / it voids	/vɔɪdz/ /vɔɪdz/
past simple voided	/ˈvɔɪdɪd/ /ˈvɔɪdɪd/
past participle voided	/ˈvɔɪdɪd/ /ˈvɔɪdɪd/
-ing form voiding	/ˈvɔɪdɪŋ/ /ˈvɔɪdɪŋ/

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void something (law法律) to state officially that something is no longer correct or legally valid使无效；宣布…作废；取消 synonym invalidate, nullifyTopics Law and justicec2
void something (formal) to empty waste matter from the bladder or bowels排泄，排放（大小便）