单词	empty-handed
释义	empty-handed /ˌɛmptɪˈhandɪd / adjective [predicative] Having failed to obtain or achieve what one wanted: the burglars fled empty-handed... He is more or less a professional hunter, but even he has been known to return from a goose hunt empty-handed. The man and boy were later spotted returning to the scene at around 7pm, only to be seen running away empty-handed. As has as often been told, however, the soldiers could not catch their quarry and returned empty-handed.
随便看	plain-back plain-backs plain bearing Plain Bob plain card plainchant plain chocolate plain-clothed plain clothes plainclothesman plain cook plain cookery plain cooking Plain Cree plain dealer plain dealing plain edge plain English Plainfield plain flour plain Friend plainhead plain-headed plain-hearted plain homage

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