Definition

Noun: 1. Cricket: A small, leaping insect of the order Orthoptera, typically having long antennae and strong hind legs adapted for jumping. Male crickets produce a characteristic chirping sound by rubbing their wings together. 2. A specific type of insect: Refers specifically to the cricket, often found in fields or underground burrows, and known in some contexts as an agricultural pest that damages plant roots.

Usage Examples

• (Children often catch crickets to hold cricket fights.)
• (The cricket's chirping on a summer night is very peaceful.)
• (The cricket is digging a burrow under the tree root.)

Advanced Usage

• "Chọi dế": Cricket fighting. A traditional game or hobby, especially among children, where two male crickets are pitted against each other.
  • "Chọi dế" là một thú vui dân gian. (Cricket fighting is a folk pastime.)
• "Dế mèn": A common term for a cricket, often used in literature and children's stories (e.g., "Dế Mèn Phiêu Lưu Ký" - Diary of a Cricket).
  • Truyện "Dế Mèn Phiêu Lưu Ký" của Tô Hoài rất nổi tiếng. (Tô Hoài's story "Diary of a Cricket" is very famous.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dế mèn (n): Cricket (common name, often with a literary or familiar connotation).
• Dế trũi (n): Mole cricket (a different insect species within the cricket family, adapted for burrowing).
• Dế cơm (n): A type of larger cricket.

Synonyms

• Con cricket (n): Cricket (the direct English loanword, less common).
• Sâu bọ (n): Bug, insect (a general term, not specific).

Related Phrases

• Tiếng dế kêu / dế ri ri: The chirping / chirp of a cricket.
  • Căn phòng yên tĩnh đến mức chỉ nghe thấy tiếng dế kêu. (The room was so quiet you could only hear the chirping of crickets.)
• Hang dế: A cricket's burrow.
  • Nó thọc cọng cỏ vào hang dế. (He poked a grass stem into the cricket's burrow.)

Related Idioms

• (Nói) như dế / (Hát) như dế: (To speak/sing) with a very soft, thin, or high-pitched voice, reminiscent of a cricket's chirp.
  • Cô bé nói nhỏ như dế, khó nghe thấy. (The little girl speaks as softly as a cricket; it's hard to hear her.)

noun

1. cricket
   • con dế