dẹt đét
Definition
- Adjective:
- Completely flat; utterly flattened: Describes an object or surface that has been crushed, compressed, or is naturally very flat without any curvature or volume.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau khi bị xe tải cán qua, hộp kim loại đã dẹt đét. (After being run over by a truck, the metal box was completely flat.)
- Chiếc gối cũ này dẹt đét, không còn chút hơi nào. (This old pillow is utterly flattened, with no air left in it.)
Advanced Usage
- The word dẹt đét is an intensive form of the adjective dẹt (flat). The suffix -đét adds emphasis, meaning "extremely" or "totally." It is often used in informal, descriptive contexts.
Variants and Related Words
- Dẹt (adj): flat, flattened.
- Ống nước bằng nhựa bị bẹp dẹt. (The plastic water pipe was crushed flat.)
Synonyms
- Flattened: pressed into a flat shape.
- Pancaked: completely flattened (informal).
- Compressed: pressed together to reduce volume.
Related Idioms
- While dẹt đét itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it can be used in vivid, figurative expressions to describe something being thoroughly defeated or crushed, such as a team in a competition.
- Đội bóng của họ thua dẹt đét với tỉ số 5-0. (Their football team was utterly flattened, losing 5-0.)