今天听到个短语hollow ring,背景是CBS晚间新闻 on the road专栏在Orlando mass shooting后说每一次枪击案后,the congress都会起立默哀,but it takes on a hollow ring。查了几个unabridged都没有查到,结果在macmillian中有,macmillian网页在短语方面确有一套,看来是经常更新的,当然后来发现Cambridge 在线也有,
have a hollow ring @ Macmillan
其他如wiktionary, Cambridge中阶在线,
For Cambridge American Idioms:
ring hollow. (n.d.) Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. (2006). Retrieved June 19 2016 from http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ring+hollow,
For Cambridge American Idioms:
ring hollow. (n.d.) Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. (2006). Retrieved June 19 2016 from http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ring+hollow
这四部词典显示的词条是ring hollow