bóp
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Definition
- Verb:
- To squeeze or crush with the hand or fingers: Applying pressure with the hand or fingers to compress, deform, or break something.
- To press or operate by squeezing: Applying pressure to activate a device, such as a horn or brake.
- To massage or knead: Using the hands to press and manipulate a part of the body or a substance.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đứa trẻ bóp nát chiếc bánh mì. (The child crushed the bread in his hand.)
- Tài xế phải bóp phanh gấp. (The driver had to brake suddenly.)
- Cô y tá bóp cẳng chân cho bệnh nhân. (The nurse massaged the patient's calf.)
Advanced Usage
- "bóp còi" / "bóp kèn": to honk a horn (of a vehicle).
- Xe phía sau liên tục bóp còi. (The car behind continuously honked its horn.)
- "bóp chết": to strangle or crush to death (literally or figuratively).
- Chính sách đó có thể bóp chết các doanh nghiệp nhỏ. (That policy could strangle small businesses.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bóp méo (v): to distort, to twist (facts, truth).
- Bài báo đó đã bóp méo sự thật. (That article distorted the truth.)
- Bóp nghẹt (v): to stifle, to suffocate.
- Khói dày đặc bóp nghẹt không khí trong phòng. (The thick smoke stifled the air in the room.)
Synonyms
- Squeeze: to press firmly from multiple sides.
- Compress: to flatten or press together.
- Press: to apply steady force.
- Knead: to work and press with the hands.
Related Idioms
- Bóp chặt hầu bao: to tighten one's purse strings; to spend less money.
- Giá cả tăng khiến người tiêu dùng phải bóp chặt hầu bao. (Rising prices force consumers to tighten their purse strings.)
- Bóp mồm bóp miệng: to scrimp and save; to be extremely frugal with food or expenses.
- Bà ấy bóp mồm bóp miệng để dành tiền cho con đi học. (She scrimped and saved to save money for her child's education.)
verb
- To crush with fingers, to press with one's hand
- bóp nát quả camto crush an orange in one's hand
- To press, to put on, to apply
- bóp phanhto put on brakes
- To sound
- bóp còi ô tôto sound a car horn
- bóp chuông xe đạpto sound a bicycle bell