void

void
[vɔɪd]
adjective
  1. not valid or legally binding
    无效的
    the contract was void.
    这合同无效。
    ■(of speech or action) ineffectual; useless
    （话语，行动）无效的；无用的
    all the stratagems you've worked out are rendered void.
    你想出的那些计谋都落空了。
  2. completely empty
    空的；空无所有的
    void spaces surround the tanks.
    油箱周围空无一物。
    ■[predic.](void of)free from; lacking
    没有的；缺乏的
    what were once the masterpieces of literature are now void of meaning.
    曾经是文学名著的东西现在一点意义都没有了。
    ■(formal)(of an office or position) vacant
    (正式)（职位）空缺
  3. [predic.](in bridge and whist) having been dealt no cards in a particular suit
    （桥牌和惠斯特用语）缺门的
noun
  1. a completely empty space
    真空；空处；空位
    the black void of space.
    漆黑空洞的太空。
    ■an emptiness caused by the loss of something
    （因失去某物）空虚，空白
    the void left by the collapse of the regime.
    政权垮台后留下的空白。
    ■an unfilled space in a wall, building, or structure
    （墙、建筑物上的）孔隙
  2. (in bridge and whist) a suit in which a player is dealt no cards
    （桥牌和惠斯特用语）缺门
verb
[with obj.]
  1. (chiefly US)declare that (something) is not valid or legally binding
    (主美)宣告…无效
    the Supreme court voided the statute.
    最高法院宣布这项法令无效。
  2. discharge or drain away (water, gases, etc.)
    排放（水、气体等）
    ■(chiefly Medicine)excrete (waste matter)
    (主医)排泄（废物）
    ■[usu. as adj. voided]empty or evacuate (a container or space)
    倒空（容器）；疏空（空间）
派生
voidable
adjective
voidness
noun
语源
  1. Middle 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
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