empty-handed

adj [pred 作表语] bringing back or taking away nothing 空手: They always arrive at parties empty-handed. 他们总是空著手参加聚会. * return empty-handed from an unsuccessful shopping trip 这趟购物之行什麽也没买成, 空手而归.

empirical, empirically, empiricism, empiricist, emplacement, employ, employ oneself in, employable, employee, employer, employment, employment agency, emporium, empower, empress, empties, emptiness, empty, empty into, empty of, empty-headed, emu, emulate, emulation, emulsify, emulsion, en bloc, en famille, en masse, en passant, en route, en suite, en- (also em-), enable, enable sb. to do sth., enable...to, enact, enactment, enamel, enamor,