Definition

1. Verb:

   • To drift: To be carried along slowly by a current of water or air, often without a specific direction or control.
   • To be driven / to be washed: To be moved or pushed by an external force, such as waves or wind, often ending up in a different location.

2. Adjective:

   • Loose / slack / thinned out: Describing a material, like fabric, that has become less tight, dense, or compact over time.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chiếc thuyền nhỏ dạt vào đảo hoang. (The small boat drifted to a deserted island.)
  • Cánh hoa dạt trên mặt hồ. (The flower petal drifted on the lake surface.)
• Adjective:
  • Sợi vải đã bị dạt sau nhiều lần giặt. (The fabric has become loose after many washes.)

Advanced Usage

• "trôi dạt": to drift, to float adrift (often implying a lack of purpose or direction).
  • Câu chuyện kể về một người thủy thủ trôi dạt nhiều năm. (The story is about a sailor who drifted for many years.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dạt vào (v): to drift into, to be washed ashore.

  • Xác tàu dạt vào bãi biển. (The shipwreck was washed onto the beach.)

• Dạt dào (adj): abundant, overflowing (a distinct word with a different meaning, but sometimes confused due to similar spelling).

  • Tình cảm dạt dào. (Overflowing emotion.)

Synonyms

• Drift: to be carried by currents.
• Float: to rest on the surface of a liquid.
• Wash up: to be carried to shore by water.

Related Idioms

• Bèo dạt mây trôi: (Like) duckweed drifting, clouds floating. This idiom describes a state of rootlessness, uncertainty, or having no fixed abode in life.
  • Cuộc đời anh ấy như bèo dạt mây trôi. (His life is like duckweed drifting and clouds floating.)

verb

1. to drift; to be driven
   • trôi dạt vào bờ
     to drift on shore