dũi

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Con lợn đang dũi đất tìm củ.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To poke (with the snout or nose): To push or thrust the snout, nose, or a similar pointed object into something, often in search of food or to dig.
   • To root, to grub: To dig or search by turning over material like soil or mud, typically done by animals.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Lợn thường dũi đất để tìm rễ cây. (Pigs often root in the ground to find roots.)
  • Con chó dũi mõm xuống gầm giường. (The dog poked its snout under the bed.)
  • Cá chép quen dũi bùn tìm mồi. (Carps usually poke their mouths into mud in search for food.)

Advanced Usage

• "dũi đầu vào": To bury one's head into something (often implying deep, focused, or clumsy engagement).
  • Nó dũi đầu vào đống sách vở để ôn thi. (He buried his head in a pile of books to study for the exam.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dụi mắt (verb phrase): To rub one's eyes. (Note: This is a different, homophonous verb meaning 'to rub').
• Đào bới (verb): To dig and turn over. A more general synonym for digging/searching through material.
• Bới (verb): To scratch at, to dig superficially (e.g., chickens bới đất).

Synonyms

• Thọc (verb): To poke, to jab (can be more forceful or with a tool).
• Xới (verb): To turn over soil, to dig up.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Dũi vào (phrasal verb): To poke into, to delve into.
  • Con lợn dũi vào đống rác. (The pig poked into the garbage pile.)

Related Idioms

• Đầu dũi như heo (idiom, informal): Literally "head poking like a pig". Used to describe someone who is very dirty or messy, often from working or playing in dirt.
  • Chơi đất xong, thằng bé đầu dũi như heo. (After playing in the dirt, the boy's head was as dirty as a pig's.)

Học thuật

1. Poke (snout...), grout
   • Cá chép quen dũi bùn tìm mồi
     Carps usually poke their mouths into mud in search for food