bật
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Definition
- Verb:
- To pluck: To pull and quickly release a string or elastic band, causing it to vibrate or snap.
- To recoil, to spring back: To move or jump back suddenly due to force or impact, like a released spring.
- To burst forth, to spring out: To emerge or shoot out suddenly from within something, such as a bud from a branch or blood from a wound.
- To turn on (a light or device): To activate an electrical device, typically by pressing a switch.
- To highlight, to emphasize: To make something stand out or become clearly visible or prominent.
- To burst out (with a sound or action): To suddenly start doing something, like laughing or crying.
- To retort, to snap back: To reply quickly and sharply in opposition.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy bật dây đàn. (He plucks the guitar string.)
- Lò xo bật ra khỏi hộp. (The spring sprang out of the box.)
- Cây bật chồi non vào mùa xuân. (The tree bursts with new buds in spring.)
- Hãy bật đèn lên. (Please turn on the light.)
- Bài báo bật tính cấp thiết của vấn đề. (The article highlights the urgency of the issue.)
- Cô bé bật cười khi nghe câu chuyện. (The little girl burst out laughing upon hearing the story.)
- Cậu ấy bật lại ngay khi bị chỉ trích. (He snapped back immediately when criticized.)
Advanced Usage
"bật dậy": To spring up, to jump up suddenly (from a sitting or lying position).
- Nghe tiếng chuông, anh bật dậy khỏi giường. (Hearing the bell, he sprang up from bed.)
"nổi bật": To be prominent, to stand out.
- Tài năng của cô ấy nổi bật trong đội. (Her talent stands out in the team.)
Variants and Related Words
Bật lửa (n): Lighter (a device for producing a flame).
- Anh cần bật lửa để đốt nến. (He needs a lighter to light the candle.)
Bật mí (v): To reveal, to disclose (a secret or information).
- Diễn viên chính bật mí về kết thúc của phim. (The lead actor revealed the movie's ending.)
Synonyms
- Pluck: To pull and release (a string).
- Recoil: To spring back.
- Emerge: To come out.
- Activate/Ignite/Turn on: To start a device.
- Emphasize: To give special importance.
- Exclaim: To cry out suddenly.
Related Idioms
Bật ngửa: To be astonished, to be taken aback (lit. to be sprung backward).
- Tin tức khiến mọi người bật ngửa. (The news left everyone astonished.)
Cười bật: To burst out laughing.
- Câu đùa khiến cả phòng cười bật. (The joke made the whole room burst out laughing.)
verb
- To pluck
- bật dây đànto pluck the strings (of a musical instrument)
- bật dây cao suto pluck an elastic
- To recoil, to rebound
- lò xo bật mạnhthe spring rebounded with force
- cuốc vào đất cứng, lưỡi cuốc bật trở lạiunder the impact with the hard ground, the hoe-blade recoiled
- To spring, to burst
- cây bật chồithe tree is springing buds, buds are bursting on the tree
- thúng bật cạpthe basket has burst its rim
- ngồi bật dậy