nothingness
/ˈnʌθɪŋnəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈnʌθɪŋnəs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈnə-thiŋ-nəs/ (ame, mw)
nothingness — 名詞
1. a condition in which nothing exists, nothing can be felt, or there is no value o
虛無；空無
什麼都不存在或毫無意義的狀態
a condition in which nothing exists, nothing can be felt, or there is no value or purpose — used both literally (no objects, no space, no time) and figuratively about a life or moment that feels empty.
Cyrus stared out at the desert and felt only nothingness around him.
Cyrus 望向沙漠，只感受到周圍一片虛無。
felt + nothingness for emotional emptiness
After her retirement, Élise was afraid of the long days of nothingness ahead.
退休之後，Élise 害怕面對前方那段一無所有的漫長日子。
days of nothingness for empty time
Some philosophers ask what came before the universe — pure nothingness, or something else.
有些哲學家會問：宇宙誕生之前是什麼？是純粹的虛無，還是別的東西？
The astronaut floated quietly in the vast nothingness of space.
太空人靜靜地飄浮在浩瀚無垠的太空虛無之中。
Sahil closed his eyes and tried to picture the nothingness that follows death.
Sahil 閉上眼睛，試著想像死亡之後那一片空無。
- void
more concrete; suggests a hollow space that could be filled
- emptiness
closer to everyday emotional language; less philosophical
- oblivion
specifically about being forgotten or about non-existence after death
- nonexistence
neutral, technical; the bare logical opposite of existing
文法句型
the nothingness of [thing]
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable and preceded by 'the' or no article. Often follows abstract verbs of perception or feeling ('felt', 'faced', 'stared into'); rarely takes a direct human agent as subject.