chùm
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Definition
- Noun:
- Cluster, Bunch: A group of similar items that are naturally joined together at a single point or gathered and held together. This is the most common meaning.
- Pencil (Mathematics/Geometry): A set of lines, rays, or planes that all intersect at a single common point.
- Raceme (Botany): A type of flower cluster where individual flowers are attached by short stalks along a central stem.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Mẹ mua một chùm nho. (Mother bought a bunch of grapes.)
- Anh ấy làm rơi chùm chìa khóa. (He dropped the bunch of keys.)
- Bài toán yêu cầu vẽ một chùm đường thẳng đồng quy. (The problem requires drawing a pencil of concurrent straight lines.)
- Hoa của cây này mọc thành chùm rất đẹp. (The flowers of this plant grow in a raceme, very beautiful.)
Advanced Usage
In Music ("Tuplet"): In musical notation, a group of notes played in the time usually taken by a different number of notes. The Vietnamese term uses "chùm" with a number.
- chùm ba: triplet (a group of three notes).
- chùm sáu: sextuplet (a group of six notes).
Figurative Use for Projectiles or Streams: Used to describe a group of things emitted or flying together.
- chùm đạn: a burst or volley of bullets.
- chùm tia nước: a jet or spray of water.
- chùm tia sáng: a beam or pencil of light.
Variants and Related Words
- Chùm hoa (n): A bunch or bouquet of flowers.
- Chùm sao (n): A cluster of stars (e.g., a star cluster).
- Chùm rễ (n): A cluster of roots.
Synonyms
- Bunch: A number of things grouped together (e.g., keys, bananas).
- Cluster: A group of similar things growing or collected closely together (e.g., grapes, stars).
- Bundle: A collection of things tied or wrapped together.
- Pencil: A set of converging lines (mathematics).
- Raceme: A type of inflorescence in botany.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Ăn cả chùm: Literally "to eat the whole cluster." This idiom, from the proverb means to accept a large quantity of something of poor quality. It implies that quality is better than quantity. (It's better to eat half a persimmon than a whole cluster of bitter figs.)
noun
- Cluster, bunch
- chùm nhoa bunch of grapes
- chùm chìa khoáa bunch of keys
- Pencil
- chùm đường thẳnga pencil of straight lines
- Raceme
- hoa mọc thành chùmthe flowers grow in raceme