Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Dusty; covered with dust: Describes something that has a layer of dust on its surface, often due to neglect or exposure.
   • Grimy; dirty with dust and grime: Implies a state of being soiled by a mixture of dust and other fine dirt.

2. Noun (abstract):

   • Dust and grime (in a general sense): Refers to the collective, often pervasive, presence of fine, dry particles of dirt.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Căn phòng bỏ hoang trông rất bụi bặm. (The abandoned room looked very dusty.)
  • Sau chuyến đi đường dài, chiếc xe trở nên bụi bặm. (After the long road trip, the car became grimy with dust.)

• Noun:

  • Bụi bặm của thành phố bám vào mọi ngóc ngách. (The dust and grime of the city settled into every nook and cranny.)
  • Hãy lau sạch bụi bặm trên bàn. (Please wipe off the dust from the table.)

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively to describe something rustic, unrefined, or bearing the marks of hard travel or labor.
  • Phong cách sống bụi bặm của những người lái xe đường dài. (The gritty lifestyle of long-haul truck drivers.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bụi (n): Dust (the specific physical particles).

  • Hắt hơi vì hít phải bụi. (Sneezing from inhaling dust.)

• Bẩn (adj): Dirty, unclean (a more general term).

  • Quần áo bẩn cần giặt. (Dirty clothes need washing.)

Synonyms

• Dusty: Covered with dust.
• Grimy: Blackened or dirty with ingrained dirt.
• Grubby: Dirty; soiled.

Related Idioms

• Đầy bụi bặm: Full of dust; very dusty.

  • Căn gác mái cũ đầy bụi bặm. (The old attic was full of dust.)

• Bụi bặm đường đời: The "dust of life's road"; a poetic phrase referring to the hardships and weariness accumulated through life's journey.

  • Gương mặt anh ấy in hằn những bụi bặm đường đời. (His face was etched with the grit of life's journey.)

noun

1. Dust (nói khái quát)
   • bàn ghế đầy bụi bặm
     dusty furniture