đóng vảy
Definition
- Intransitive Verb:
- To form a hard outer layer, to crust over: Refers to the process where a liquid or soft substance dries and hardens on a surface, forming a crust or scale-like layer.
- To become encrusted: Describes a surface becoming covered with a hardened layer, often of dirt, blood, mud, or other material.
Usage Examples
- Intransitive Verb:
- Vết thương đã khô và bắt đầu đóng vảy. (The wound has dried and started to crust over.)
- Bùn trên đường khô lại và đóng vảy sau trận nắng. (The mud on the road dried and crusted over after the sunny spell.)
- Nước mắm bị đổ ra ngoài và đóng vảy trên mặt bàn. (The fish sauce spilled out and formed a crust on the table.)
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively to describe something becoming rigid or fixed:
- Những thói quen cũ đã đóng vảy, rất khó thay đổi. (The old habits have become encrusted, very difficult to change.)
- Describing a layered, scaly appearance:
- Lớp sơn cũ bong ra và đóng vảy từng mảng. (The old paint peeled off and formed scaly patches.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đóng cứng: To harden, to solidify (focuses more on the hardening process itself).
- Đóng cặn: To form sediment, to settle (specifically for particles settling at the bottom).
- Đóng mày: (Regional/less common) To form a thin film or skin on the surface of a liquid.
- Vảy: (Noun) Scale (like fish scales); flake; crust.
Synonyms
- Kết vảy: To form scales/crust.
- Đông cứng: To congeal, to solidify (often from a liquid state).
- Tạo thành lớp cứng: To form a hard layer.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Note: As a compound verb, 'đóng vảy' itself functions as a phrasal unit. Related phrases often use 'đóng' with different complements. - Đóng băng: To freeze. - Đóng bánh: To cake, to form into a lump or cake. - Đóng rêu: To become mossy, to be covered with moss.
Related Idioms
- Cứng như đóng vảy: (As hard as a crust) - Used to describe something very rigid, stubborn, or inflexible.
- Quan điểm của ông ấy về vấn đề này cứng như đóng vảy. (His view on this issue is as hard as a crust / utterly inflexible.)
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