[あく, aku] (v5k, vi) (1) (esp. 開く) to open (e.g. doors); (2) (esp. 開く) to open (e.g. business, etc.); (3) (esp. 空く) to be empty; (4) (esp. 空く) to be vacant; to be available; to be free; (5) (esp. 明く) to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); (6) (esp. 明く) to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.); (7) (esp. 明く) to come to an end; (v5k, vt) (8) (esp. 明く) to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.); (v5k, vi) (9) (See 穴が開く) to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events); (P) #7,332[Add to Longdo]
[うめる, umeru] (v1, vt) (1) to bury (e.g. in the ground); (2) to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); (3) to plug gaps; to stop a gap; (4) to make amends; to cover up for something; (5) to put cold water in a bath; (6) to cover; to scatter something over; (P) #18,509[Add to Longdo]
[かんち, kanchi] (n) quiet place; vacant land; fallow ground; undemanding job; sinecure; life of leisurely retirement [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vacant \Va"cant\, a. [F., fr. L. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of
vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have
leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to
E. void. Cf. {Evacuate}, {Void}, a.]
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1. Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant
room.
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Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form.
--Shak.
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Being of those virtues vacant. --Shak.
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There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,
But has one vacant chair. --Longfellow.
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2. Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied;
disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.
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Religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of
those . . . at leisure, and vacant from the affairs
of the world. --Dr. H. More.
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There was not a minute of the day which he left
vacant. --Bp. Fell.
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3. Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or
officer; unoccupied; as, a vacant throne; a vacant house;
a vacant apartment; a vacant parish.
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Special dignities which vacant lie
For thy best use and wearing. --Shak.
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4. Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or
reflection; as, a vacant mind.
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The duke had a pleasant and vacant face. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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When on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood. --Wordsworth.
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5. (Law) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or
occupier; as, a vacant estate. --Bouvier.
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{Vacant succession} (Law), one that is claimed by no person,
or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known
heirs to it have renounced it. --Burrill.
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Syn: Empty; void; devoid; free; unemployed; disengaged;
unincumbered; uncrowded; idle.
Usage: {Vacant}, {Empty}. A thing is empty when there is
nothing in it; as, an empty room, or an empty noddle.
Vacant adds the idea of having been previously filled,
or intended to be filled or occupied; as, a vacant
seat at table; a vacant office; vacant hours. When we
speak of a vacant look or a vacant mind, we imply the
absence of the intelligence naturally to be expected
there.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vacant
adj 1: void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind"
2: without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never
vacant"
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
vacant /vakɑnt/
vacant
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย