dúm dó

Thân thiện

Tờ giấy bị vò dúm dó trong túi quần.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Wrinkled, crumpled, shriveled: Describes something that has many small folds or creases, often due to being squeezed, dried, or aged, giving it a shrunken or deformed appearance.
   • Cowering, recoiling in fear: Describes a person or animal shrinking back or hunching their body due to fear, cold, or timidity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Lá cây khô dúm dó dưới nắng. (The dried leaves are shriveled under the sun.)
  • Đứa trẻ dúm dó trong góc vì sợ. (The child cowered in the corner out of fear.)
  • Tờ giấy bị vò dúm dó. (The paper was crumpled up.)

Advanced Usage

• "dúm dó lại": to shrivel up, to crumple up, to recoil.
  • Con mèo dúm dó lại khi gặp chó. (The cat recoiled when it met the dog.)
• Often used to emphasize a state of being tightly wrinkled, shrunken, or physically contracted, not just loosely folded.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhăn nheo (adj): Wrinkled, creased (often for skin or fabric). Less intense than "dúm dó".
• Co rúm (adj/phr): To shrink back, to cower. Very close in meaning to the fearful aspect of "dúm dó".
• Rúm ró (adj): A common variant spelling of "dúm dó" with identical meaning.

Synonyms

• Nhăn nhúm: Wrinkled, crumpled.
• Quắt queo: Withered, shriveled (often for plants).
• Co cụm: To huddle, to shrink oneself.

Related Idioms

• Mặt dúm dó: A wrinkled face.
  • Ông cụ đã già, mặt dúm dó vì tuổi tác. (The old man is aged, his face is wrinkled with time.)
• While not a phrasal verb, "dúm dó" itself functions descriptively, often paired with verbs like "bị" (to be), "trông" (to look), or "ngồi" (to sit) to complete the imagery.

Học thuật

1. Wrinkled up