bay
/bei/
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Verb:
- To fly: To move through the air using wings, like a bird or insect, or by mechanical means, like an airplane.
- To fade, to disappear: For a color, smell, or mark to become less strong or to vanish completely.
- To fail (an exam): To not achieve a passing grade in a test or examination.
- To move very quickly: To travel or be propelled at high speed.
Adverb:
- Easily, flatly, categorically: Used to emphasize the ease or absolute nature of an action, such as a denial or refusal.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to fly):
- Chim đang bay trên trời. (The birds are flying in the sky.)
- Lá cờ bay phần phật trong gió. (The flag fluttered wildly in the wind.)
- Verb (to fade):
- Chiếc áo này đã bay màu. (This shirt has faded.)
- Verb (to fail):
- Nó bay môn toán. (He failed the math exam.)
- Verb (to move quickly):
- Thời gian bay rất nhanh. (Time flies very fast.)
- Adverb:
- Nó chối bay mọi cáo buộc. (He flatly denied all accusations.)
Advanced Usage
- "bay bổng": To soar; often used figuratively for thoughts or imagination rising high.
- Trí tưởng tượng của nhà thơ bay bổng. (The poet's imagination soared.)
- "bay màu" (slang): To disappear, to vanish (often suddenly or mysteriously).
- Chiếc điện thoại của tôi bay màu rồi. (My phone has vanished.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bay lượn (v): To glide, to soar, to fly around.
- Đại bàng bay lượn trên núi. (The eagle soared over the mountain.)
- Cất cánh (v): To take off (for aircraft).
- Máy bay cất cánh lúc 10 giờ. (The airplane takes off at 10 o'clock.)
Synonyms
- Fly: to move through the air.
- Fade: to lose color or freshness.
- Flutter: to wave or flap quickly.
- Fail: to be unsuccessful.
Related Idioms
- Không cánh mà bay: To vanish into thin air; to disappear without a trace.
- Chiếc ví không cánh mà bay. (The wallet vanished into thin air.)
- Xa chạy cao bay: To flee far away; to run off to escape.
- Nghe tiếng động, tên trộm xa chạy cao bay. (Hearing the noise, the thief fled far away.)
verb
- To fly
- quan sát những con chim tập bayto watch the birds learn to fly
- vệ tinh nhân tạo bay qua bầu trờithe satellite flew past in the sky
- đạn bay rào ràobullets flew past
- tin chiến thắng bay đi khắp nơithe news of victory flew to every place
- To fade, to go
- áo sơ mi bay màuThe shirt has faded
- nốt đậu đang baythe smallpox pustules are going
- To fail (in an examination)
- không cánh mà bay