empty shell

ˈɛmpti ʃɛl
empty shell: outer covering left after contents are removed
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Translation of empty shell into Russian

Noun

1.

object

outer covering left after contents are removed
  • The beach was covered in empty shell after the storm.Пляж был усыпан пустыми ракушками после шторма.
2.

metaphor

person or thing lacking real value or purpose
  • After the tragedy, he became an empty shell.После трагедии он превратился в пустую оболочку.
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Expressions with empty shell: examples in English and translations in Russian

пустая оболочка
пустая раковина
After the tragedy, he felt like just an empty shell.
пустая оболочка
After the loss, I'm just an empty shell with no joy left.

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  • empty shell: outer covering left after contents are removed
    (object) пустая ракушка

Synonyms and analogies of empty shell in English

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Examples of empty shell in a sentence

  • After the snail moved on, only an empty shell remained.
  • The company is now just an empty shell.
  • He smiled, but he was an empty shell inside.

Translations of "empty shell" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
пустая оболочкаnf. - pustaya obolochka

She smiled mechanically, but inside she was just an empty shell.

Она механически улыбалась, но внутри была лишь пустая оболочка.

пустышкаnf. - pustyshka

By the way, expert examination has shown that this empty shell is completely useless.

Между прочим, экспертиза показала, что эта пустышка совершенно бесполезна.

пустой звукnm. - pustoy zvuk

Without political contestation national parliaments have become an empty shell.

Без экономических договоренностей политическое сотрудничество превращалось в пустой звук.

пустая скорлупаnf. - pustaya skorlupa

Like you say, an empty shell!

Как ты сказал, пустая скорлупа!

пустая раковинаnf. - pustaya rakovina

I feel like an empty shell.

Я чувствую себя, как пустая раковина.

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empty shell: Examples and translations in context

After the scandal and public shame, the politician seemed just an empty shell.

После скандала и публичного позора политик казался просто пустой оболочкой.

Years of burnout have left me feeling like I'm just an empty shell.

Годы выгорания заставили меня чувствовать себя всего лишь пустой оболочкой.

He returned from prison withdrawn and quiet, just an empty shell of a man.

Он вернулся из тюрьмы замкнутым и молчаливым, просто пустой оболочкой человека.

Ever since the breakup, he walks around like he's just an empty shell.

С тех пор как они расстались, он ходит, будто он пустая оболочка.

Grief hollowed him out, leaving just an empty shell where joy once lived.

Горе выжгло его изнутри, оставив пустую оболочку там, где раньше жила радость.

Without my music, I'm just an empty shell drifting through meaningless days.

Без своей музыки я всего лишь пустая оболочка, плывущая сквозь бессмысленные дни.

The war changed him; now he's just an empty shell of his former self.

Война изменила его; теперь он лишь пустая оболочка самого себя.

Without her children at home, she wandered the house, just an empty shell.

Без детей дома она бродила по дому, словно пустая оболочка.

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