Definition

1. Noun:
   • Pump: A device used to move a liquid or gas from one place to another, or to compress or extract air.
2. Verb:
   • To pump: To move a liquid or gas using a pump.
   • To inflate / To blow up: To fill something with air or gas until it expands.
   • To spray: To apply a liquid in a fine stream or droplets using pressure (e.g., insecticide, perfume).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tôi cần mượn cái bơm xe của bạn. (I need to borrow your bicycle pump.)
  • Trạm bơm xăng ở đằng kia. (The gas pump station is over there.)
• Verb:
  • Anh ấy đang bơm nước từ giếng lên. (He is pumping water from the well.)
  • Bạn có thể bơm quả bóng này giúp tôi không? (Can you inflate this ball for me?)
  • Trước khi trồng cây, họ bơm thuốc trừ sâu vào đất. (Before planting, they spray pesticide into the soil.)

Advanced Usage

• "bơm" (colloquial, often pejorative): To exaggerate or hype something up excessively.
  • Bài báo đó bơm quá mức về thành tích của đội bóng. (That article hyped up the football team's achievements too much.)
• "bơm" (colloquial, vulgar): To flatter or "pump someone up" with praise to excite or manipulate them.
  • Đừng để họ bơm bạn bằng những lời khen. (Don't let them pump you up with compliments.)

Variants and Related Words

• Máy bơm (n): Pump (machine). (water pump).
• Bơm phồng (v): To inflate; to exaggerate/blow something out of proportion.
• Trạm bơm (n): Pumping station. (oil pumping station).

Synonyms

• Pump (for the device and the action).
• Inflate (for filling with air).
• Spray (for applying liquid under pressure).
• Exaggerate (for the figurative, pejorative sense).

Related Idioms

• Bơm phồng sự việc: To blow an event/issue out of proportion; to exaggerate a matter.
  • Truyền thông đôi khi bơm phồng sự việc để thu hút sự chú ý. (The media sometimes blows things out of proportion to attract attention.)

noun

1. Pump
   • bơm xe đạp
     a bicycle pump
   • bơm chữa cháy
     a fire-extinguisher
   • bơm chân không
     a vacuum pump

verb

1. To pump, to inflate, to blow up
   • máy bơm nước
     a machine for pumping water, a mechanical water-pump
   • bơm thuốc trừ sâu
     to spray insecticide
   • quả bóng bơm rất căng
     a well-inflated balloon
   • bơm xe