Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Bleary (eyes): Describes eyes that are unfocused, watery, dim, or tired, often due to sleepiness, illness, or crying, making vision unclear.
   • Bad (eyesight): Can describe poor or weak eyesight in a general sense.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau đêm thức trắng, mắt cô ấy trông rất cập kèm. (After the all-nighter, her eyes looked very bleary.)
  • Ông cụ có đôi mắt cập kèm vì tuổi già. (The old man has bleary eyes due to old age.)
  • Đau đầu khiến mắt tôi cảm thấy cập kèm. (The headache made my eyes feel bleary.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used to describe the physical state of eyes or vision. It is not typically used for abstract concepts of "badness."

Variants and Related Words

• Mắt cập kèm (noun phrase): bleary eyes.
  • Cậu bé thức dậy với đôi mắt cập kèm. (The boy woke up with bleary eyes.)

Synonyms

• Bleary: (of eyes) unfocused, dim, or watery.
• Tired (eyes): eyes showing fatigue.
• Dim (vision): unclear or faint sight.

Related Idioms

• While "cập kèm" itself is not commonly part of idioms, it is a descriptive term often found in phrases depicting physical exhaustion or illness affecting the eyes.

adj

1. Bad (eyes), bleary
   • mắt cập kèm
     bleary eyes