bầu giác
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Definition
- Noun:
- Suction cup: A device, typically made of rubber or plastic, that uses suction to adhere to smooth surfaces. It creates a vacuum seal when pressed against a surface, allowing it to stick firmly.
- (Medical) Cupping glass: In traditional medicine, a small glass cup in which a partial vacuum is created (historically by heat) and applied to the skin to draw blood to the surface, a practice known as cupping therapy.
Usage Examples
Noun (General Object):
- Cô ấy dùng bầu giác để gắn giá đỡ điện thoại lên kính ô tô. (She used a suction cup to attach the phone holder to the car window.)
- Con bạch tuộc có những bầu giác rất mạnh trên xúc tu của nó. (The octopus has very powerful suction cups on its tentacles.)
Noun (Medical Context):
- Ông lang dùng bầu giác để làm giảm đau nhức cơ. (The traditional healer used a cupping glass to relieve muscle pain.)
- Liệu pháp bầu giác là một phần của y học cổ truyền. (Cupping therapy is a part of traditional medicine.)
Advanced Usage
- "Đặt bầu giác": To apply a cupping glass (in a medical context).
- Bác sĩ y học cổ truyền đặt bầu giác lên lưng bệnh nhân. (The traditional medicine doctor applied the cupping glasses to the patient's back.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giác hơi (n): This is the more common and specific term for the medical procedure of "cupping." It refers to the therapeutic technique itself.
- Anh ấy đi giác hơi để chữa cảm. (He went for cupping to treat his cold.)
- Cốc giác (n): A less common synonym for the medical cupping instrument.
Synonyms
- Ventouse (n): A direct loanword from French, used primarily in medical or technical contexts.
- Cup (n): In the specific context of "cupping therapy," it can be translated as "cupping cup."
Related Phrases
- Bám chặt như bầu giác: To stick tightly like a suction cup (an idiomatic expression).
- Đứa trẻ bám chặt như bầu giác vào chân mẹ. (The child clung to her mother's leg like a suction cup.)
- Suction cup