bờ thửa

Thân thiện

Người nông dân đang tu sửa lại bờ thửa trước mùa cấy.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Field dam, bund, levee: A low embankment or ridge of earth built around a field, especially a rice paddy, to retain irrigation water and demarcate plots of land.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nông dân đang sửa lại bờ thửa trước mùa mưa. (The farmers are repairing the field dams before the rainy season.)
  • Con trâu đứng nghỉ trên bờ thửa. (The buffalo is resting on the bund.)
  • Nước được giữ lại trong ruộng nhờ những bờ thửa kiên cố. (Water is retained in the field thanks to the sturdy levees.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đắp bờ thửa": To build or construct a field bund.

  • Công việc đầu tiên là phải đắp bờ thửa cho thửa ruộng mới. (The first task is to build bunds for the new field.)

• "Bờ thửa kiên cố": A solid, well-built field levee.

  • Những bờ thửa kiên cố giúp chống xói mòn đất. (Solid field levees help prevent soil erosion.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bờ ruộng (n): Field ridge; a more general term for the raised edge of a field. It is often used interchangeably with "bờ thửa" but can refer to the edges of any cultivated plot, not just for water retention.
• Đê (n): Dyke, embankment. A larger, more massive structure, typically built along rivers or coasts for flood control, as opposed to the smaller "bờ thửa" around individual fields.
• Bờ vùng (n): A larger perimeter embankment surrounding a group of fields or a whole irrigation block.

Synonyms

• Field ridge: A raised strip of land separating fields.
• Dike/Dyke: (In agricultural context) A barrier to control water. Note: "Bờ thửa" is typically smaller than a major "dike" ("đê").

Related Phrases

• Canh tác trên thửa ruộng nhỏ bờ thửa quanh co: To cultivate on small plots with winding field bunds.
  • Phong cảnh đồng quê với những thửa ruộng nhỏ bờ thửa quanh co thật yên bình. (The rural landscape with small plots and winding bunds is very peaceful.)

Related Idioms

• "Chân ướt chân ráo" (literally: one foot wet, one foot dry): This idiom evokes the image of standing with one foot in the wet paddy and the other on the dry "bờ thửa," symbolizing being new to a place or situation, not yet settled.
  • Anh ấy mới đến, còn chân ướt chân ráo, chưa hiểu hết mọi việc. (He just arrived, still finding his feet, and doesn't understand everything yet.)

Học thuật

1. Field dam