Definition

1. Adjective/Adverb:
   • Roaring, rumbling: Describes a loud, continuous, and deep sound, often associated with thunder, engines, waterfalls, or large crowds.
   • Booming, thundering: Can describe a sound that is powerful and resonant, like an explosion or heavy machinery.

Usage Examples

• Adjective/Adverb:
  • Sấm sét nổ ầm ầm trên bầu trời. (Thunder roared in the sky.)
  • Động cơ máy bay kêu ầm ầm. (The airplane engine rumbled loudly.)
  • Tiếng nước đổ ầm ầm từ trên thác cao. (The water roared down from the high waterfall.)

Advanced Usage

• "ầm ầm" as an intensifier for action: Used to describe an action happening with great force, noise, or intensity.
  • Đoàn xe chạy ầm ầm qua đường. (The convoy of vehicles roared/thundered down the road.)
• "ầm ầm" in figurative contexts: Can describe a non-physical phenomenon that is pervasive or overwhelming.
  • Tin đồn lan truyền ầm ầm khắp nơi. (The rumor spread like wildfire everywhere.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ầm (adj/adv): A single, loud bang or crash; a booming sound.
  • Một tiếng nổ ầm vang lên. (A loud bang echoed.)
• Ầm ĩ (adj): Noisy, clamorous, creating a loud and chaotic disturbance.
  • Đám đông trở nên ầm ĩ. (The crowd became noisy.)

Synonyms

• Rền vang: Resounding, reverberating (often for a prolonged, echoing sound).
• Ồn ào: Noisy, loud (general term for noise, often human-made, but less specific to deep rumbling).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "ầm ầm" is primarily a descriptive word (adjective/adverb) and does not form phrasal verbs in the same way verbs do. Its usage is typically adverbial.)

Related Idioms

• "Nổi lên ầm ầm": To rise or emerge with great force and noise (literally or figuratively).
  • Phong trào phản đối nổi lên ầm ầm. (The protest movement erupted powerfully.)
• "Ầm ầm như sấm": As loud as thunder; a simile emphasizing extreme loudness.
  • Tiếng động cơ ầm ầm như sấm. (The engine sound was as loud as thunder.)

1. Roaring, rumbling