(of a place) not occupied (地点)未被占用的 ■empty 空的 40 per cent of the offices are still vacant. 40%的办公室空着。 ■(of a position or employment) not filled (职位,工作)空缺的 the President resigned and the post was left vacant. 总统辞职,职位暂时空缺。 ■(of a person or their expression) having or showing no intelligence or interest 空虚的,茫然的 a vacant stare. 傻傻地盯着看。
派生 vacantly adverb 语源
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacant- 'remaining empty', from the verb vacare