Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Wet through, soaked, drenched: Describes something that is thoroughly and completely wet, often to the point of saturation.
   • Steeped, imbued (figurative): Used figuratively to describe something thoroughly permeated with a quality, emotion, or substance.

2. Verb (used with an object):

   • To soak, to drench: The action of making something thoroughly wet.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Chiếc áo ấy đẫm mồ hôi. (That shirt is drenched in sweat.)
  • Cánh đồng đẫm nước sau cơn mưa. (The field is soaked with water after the rain.)
  • Trang sử ấy đẫm máu. (That page of history is bloody / steeped in blood.)

• Verb:

  • Cô ấy đẫm khăn mặt trong nước lạnh. (She soaked the face towel in cold water.)
  • Mưa đẫm ướt hết quần áo phơi ngoài sân. (The rain drenched all the clothes drying in the yard.)

Advanced Usage

• "đẫm đà": Rich, deep, intense (often used for colors, flavors, or emotions). This is a fixed compound.

  • Màu xanh đẫm đà của lá cây. (The rich, deep green color of the leaves.)

• "đẫm lệ": Soaked with tears, tearful.

  • Đôi mắt đẫm lệ của người mẹ. (The mother's tearful eyes.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ướt đẫm (adj phrase): Soaking wet, drenched. This is a common reinforcing phrase.

  • Quần áo ướt đẫm. (Soaking wet clothes.)

• Đẫm máu (adj phrase): Bloody, sanguinary, drenched in blood.

  • Một cuộc chiến đẫm máu. (A bloody war.)

Synonyms

• Ướt sũng (adj): Soaking wet, sodden.
• Thấm đẫm (v/adj): To soak in, to be imbued with (often used figuratively).
• Nhuộm (v): To dye, to stain (can be used figuratively like "nhuộm máu" - stained with blood).

Notes on Different Meanings

• The primary meaning is physical: being completely wet (đẫm nước, đẫm mồ hôi).
• A very common figurative and literal meaning involves blood (đẫm máu), conveying violence or intense conflict.
• The verb form is less common in everyday speech than the adjectival form but is still used.

adj

1. wet
   • đẫm máu
     bloody; sanguinary