cây rơm

Sau mùa gặt, những cây rơm được chất cao ngất trên cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A straw stack: A large, conical or cylindrical pile of straw (dried rice stalks or other grain stalks) that has been gathered and stacked, typically for storage, animal bedding, or later use.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sau mùa gặt, những cây rơm được chất cao ngất trên cánh đồng. (After the harvest, the straw stacks were piled high in the fields.)
  • Bọn trẻ con thích chơi trốn tìm quanh những cây rơm. (The children like to play hide-and-seek around the straw stacks.)
  • Người nông dân dựng cây rơm để làm thức ăn cho trâu vào mùa đông. (The farmer erected a straw stack to make food for the buffalo in winter.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cây rơm" as a cultural symbol: In Vietnamese rural imagery, a "cây rơm" often symbolizes the countryside, harvest time, and traditional agricultural life.
  • Hình ảnh cây rơm in đậm trong ký ức tuổi thơ của nhiều người. (The image of a straw stack is deeply etched in the childhood memories of many people.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đống rơm (n): A pile/heap of straw. This is a more general term and may not imply the specific, structured shape of a "cây rơm".
  • Rơm được gom lại thành đống. (The straw was gathered into a pile.)
• Rơm (n): Straw (the material itself).
  • Mái nhà lợp bằng rơm. (The roof is thatched with straw.)

Synonyms

• Straw rick (n): Another term for a stacked pile of straw, similar to "cây rơm".
• Straw stack (n): The most direct translation.

Related Phrases

• Chui vào cây rơm: To hide in a straw stack (often used literally or to mean hiding oneself away).
  • Nó chui tọt vào cây rơm nên không ai tìm thấy. (He hid inside the straw stack so no one could find him.)

Related Idioms

• Ấm như trong cây rơm: As warm as inside a straw stack. This idiom describes a place that is very cozy and warm.
  • Mùa đông, nằm trong chăn ấm như trong cây rơm. (In winter, lying under a blanket is as warm as being inside a straw stack.)