cò
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definitions
- Noun:
- Stork: A type of wading bird with long legs, a long neck, and a pointed beak, often found near water.
- Trigger: The part of a gun or device that is pressed or pulled to fire it or activate a mechanism.
- (Informal) Postage stamp: A small piece of paper issued by a post office for sending mail.
- (Informal) Police officer, detective: A colloquial term for a police officer or investigator.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Stork):
- Con cò đang đứng trên một chân ở đầm lầy. (The stork is standing on one leg in the marsh.)
- Cánh đồng rộng cò bay thẳng cánh. (The field is so vast a stork could fly straight across it [idiom for immense expanse].)
- Noun (Trigger):
- Anh ta nhẹ nhàng đặt ngón tay lên cò súng. (He gently placed his finger on the gun's trigger.)
- Bóp cò! (Pull the trigger!)
- Noun (Postage stamp):
- Tôi cần mua một con cò để gửi bưu thiếp. (I need to buy a stamp to send the postcard.)
- Noun (Police officer):
- Cẩn thận, có cò ở phía trước. (Be careful, there's a cop ahead.)
Advanced Usage
- "cò mồi" / "cò đất": A broker or middleman, especially in real estate or ticket sales, often with a negative connotation of profiteering.
- Giá nhà tăng một phần do hoạt động của các cò đất. (Housing prices have risen partly due to the activities of property brokers.)
- "cò quay": A crank (mechanical part).
- "đục nước béo cò": An idiom meaning "to fish in troubled waters" or to profit from a chaotic situation.
Variants and Related Words
- Cò cò (adj): Describes a hopping or limping gait.
- Còng (adj, different word): Bent, hunched (e.g., - hunched back).
- Cồ (adj, different word): Large, big (e.g., - very large).
Synonyms
- For Stork: (heron, crane - similar bird types).
- For Trigger: (button), (lever).
- For Police officer: , (formal terms), (detective).
- For Postage stamp: (standard word for stamp).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Bóp cò: To pull/press the trigger.
- Cướp cò: To have a hair-trigger temper; to be very quick to anger.
- Nhả cò: To release the trigger.
Related Idioms
- Cò bay thẳng cánh: Describes an immensely wide, open area (like a field over which a stork could fly without flapping).
- Lò dò như cò bắt tép: To move slowly and cautiously, like a stork hunting for shrimp.
- Đục nước béo cò: To fish in troubled waters; to take advantage of a confused situation for personal gain.
noun
- Stork
- cò bay thẳng cánh
- (nói về đồng ruộng) Immense (over which a stork can take a long flight)
- Như cẩmTrigger
- bóp còto press the trigger
- Postage stamp