bềnh

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Chiếc phao bị đè xuống rồi lại bềnh lên.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To surge up, to emerge: To rise or appear suddenly above the surface of water, often after being submerged or hidden.
   • To float up, to surface: To come to the top of a liquid and remain visible.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chiếc phao bềnh lên. (The buoy surged up.)
  • Thuyền bị những con sóng lớn nuốt mất tăm, đột nhiên lại bềnh lên cưỡi sóng. (The boat was swallowed clean by big waves, then emerged suddenly and rode the surf.)
  • Dầu nổi bềnh trên mặt biển. (Oil floats up on the sea's surface.)

Advanced Usage

• "nổi bềnh": A common compound verb meaning to float on the surface, to be buoyant.
  • Cành cây khô nổi bềnh trên mặt hồ. (The dry branch floats on the lake's surface.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nổi (v): To float. This is a more general term for floating, while often implies the action of surfacing or emerging.
• Trồi lên (v): To rise up, to emerge. Similar to but can be used in non-liquid contexts.

Synonyms

• Surface: To rise to the surface.
• Emerge: To come out into view.
• Buoy up: To cause to float or rise.

Related Idioms

• Nổi bềnh bồng: To drift or float aimlessly. This idiom extends the meaning to describe a state of being adrift without control or purpose.
  • Chiếc thuyền nhỏ nổi bềnh bồng trên đại dương. (The small boat drifts aimlessly on the ocean.)

Học thuật

verb

1. To surge up, to emerge
   • chiếc phao bềnh lên
     the buoy surged up
   • thuyền bị những con sóng lớn nuốt mất tăm, đột nhiên lại bềnh lên cưỡi sóng
     the boat was swallowed clean by big waves, then emerged suddenly and rode the surf