chói mắt

Thân thiện

Ánh sáng mặt trời phản chiếu trên mặt nước khiến tôi chói mắt.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Dazzling: Describes an extremely bright light or reflection that causes temporary visual discomfort or difficulty in seeing clearly.
   • Glaring: Refers to a harsh, overpowering brightness that is unpleasant to look at.

2. Verb (to dazzle the eyes):

   • The action of a light source being so intense that it impairs vision or causes one to squint or look away.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ánh đèn pha ô tô thật chói mắt. (The car's headlights are truly dazzling.)
  • Cô ấy đeo một chiếc nhẫn kim cương chói mắt. (She wears a dazzling diamond ring.)
• Verb:
  • Ánh nắng mặt trời phản chiếu trên tuyết chói mắt tôi. (The sunlight reflecting off the snow dazzled my eyes.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe metaphorical brilliance or overwhelming impressiveness.
  • Thành tích của cô ấy thật sự chói mắt. (Her achievements are truly dazzling.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chói chang (adj): Used specifically for intense, glaring sunlight.
  • Nắng trưa chói chang. (The noon sun is blazing.)
• Chói lọi (adj): Often implies a radiant, brilliant, and splendid brightness.
  • Ánh sáng chói lọi. (A radiant light.)

Synonyms

• Dazzling: Extremely bright.
• Glaring: Shining with a harsh, bright light.
• Blinding: So bright as to obscure vision.

Related Idioms

• Chói mắt chói tai: An idiom extending the sense to mean something is overwhelmingly flashy or ostentatious in a way that affects both sight and hearing (metaphorically).
  • Buổi biểu diễn với hiệu ứng ánh sáng và âm thanh ồn ào thật chói mắt chói tai. (The show with its light effects and loud noise was a garish sensory overload.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to dazzle the eyes

adjective

1. dazzilng