| 释义 |
va·can·cy
\ˈvākənsē, -si\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Medieval Latin vacantia, from Latin vacant-, vacans (present participle of vacare to be empty, be free) + -ia -y
1. archaic : time of freedom from occupation : an interval of leisure : leisure, vacation
< those little vacancies from toil are sweet — John Dryden >
2. : the state or fact of being free from occupation or from mental preoccupation : physical or mental inactivity or relaxation : idleness
3.
a. : a vacating of an office, post, or piece of property
b. : the state of such when vacated or vacant
c. : the time such office or property is vacant
< the death of the incumbent has caused a vacancy >
< in case of vacancy of the property >
4. : a vacant office, post, or tenancy
< three vacancies in this apartment house >
< the president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate — U.S. Constitution >
5. : empty space : void, vacuum, blank
6. : the state of being vacant : barrenness, loneliness, vacuity
< a vacancy of sound after the train had left — J.P.Marquand >
7. : a defect existing in a crystal due to the absence of an atom or ion from a normal lattice position — called also hole |