void是什么意思

adj. 空的；无效的；无人的

n. 空虚；空间；空隙

vt. 使无效；排放

n. (Void)人名；(俄)沃伊德

中文词源

void 空白，空虚

来自古法语voide,空的，来自PIE*wa-,空出，遗弃，词源同vain,vacuum。引申词义空白，空虚。

void: void: see avoid
void (adj.): c. 1300, "unoccupied, vacant," from Anglo-French and Old French voide, viude "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste, uncultivated, fallow," as a noun, "opening, hole; loss," from Latin vocivos "unoccupied, vacant," related to vacuus "empty" (see vacuum (n.)). Meaning "lacking or wanting" (something) is recorded from early 15c. Meaning "legally invalid, without legal efficacy" is attested from mid-15c.
void (n.): 1610s, "unfilled space, gap," from void (adj.). Meaning "absolute empty space, vacuum" is from 1727.
void (v.): "to clear" (some place, of something), c. 1300, from Anglo-French voider, Old French vuider "to empty, drain; to abandon, evacuate," from voide (see void (adj.)); meaning "to deprive (something) of legal validity" is attested from early 14c. Related: Voided; voiding.

1. He stared into the dark void where the battle had been fought.: 他凝望着那片漆黑的空旷之地，那次战役就是在这里进行的。

2. He is confident the backroom can step into the temporary void.: 他确信原先的幕后智囊能够填补暂时的空缺。

3. A spokeswoman said the agreement had been declared null and void.: 女发言人称该协议已宣布无效。