rầm

Thân thiện

Một người thợ đang lắp tấm rầm gỗ để đỡ sàn gác.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Beam, joist: A horizontal wooden or metal structural member used to support a roof, floor, or ceiling in construction.

2. Adjective:

   • Loud, noisy, resounding: Describes a loud, booming, or thunderous sound, often implying a sudden or impactful noise.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Nhà này dùng rầm bằng gỗ lim. (This house uses ironwood beams.)
  • Các kỹ sư đang kiểm tra hệ thống rầm thép. (The engineers are inspecting the system of steel beams.)

• Adjective:

  • Tiếng sét đánh rầm một cái. (The lightning struck with a loud crash.)
  • Đám đông phản đối rầm lên. (The crowd protested loudly.)

Advanced Usage

• "rầm rầm" (reduplicative form): This form intensifies the meaning, conveying a continuous, clamorous, or uproarious noise.
  • Bọn trẻ chạy nô đùa rầm rầm trong sân. (The children ran around frolicking uproariously in the yard.)
  • Tiếng máy nổ rầm rầm cả đêm. (The engine roared clamorously all night.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dầm (Noun): Also means "beam" or "girder," often used interchangeably with "rầm" in construction contexts, though "dầm" can be more technical.
  • dầm bê tông (concrete beam)

Synonyms

• Ầm ầm (Adjective): Rumbling, thundering (describes a deep, continuous loud sound).
• Ồn ào (Adjective): Noisy, boisterous (general term for noise, often from a crowd).
• Xà (Noun): Purlin, rafter (a similar horizontal structural element, but often specifically in a roof).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: As "rầm" is primarily a noun/adjective, it does not form phrasal verbs in the same way as verbs. However, it is commonly used in descriptive phrases.) - Kêu/la rầm lên: To shout/yell loudly. - Nó tức giận và la rầm lên. (He got angry and yelled loudly.)

Related Idioms

• Rầm trời: (Literally "sky-shaking") Extremely loud, earth-shattering.
  • Tiếng pháo hoa nổ rầm trời. (The fireworks exploded with an earth-shattering sound.)

Học thuật

1. Beam
   • Rầm bằng lim
     An ironwood beam
2. Loud, noisy
   • Kêu rầm
     To scream loudly
   • Rầm rầm (láy, ý tăng)
     Clamorous, uproarious
   • Nô đùa rầm rầm
     To frolic uproariously