Definition

1. Verb:
   • To spread a net: The primary meaning is to set up or deploy a net by extending it over an area, typically to catch something like fish, birds, or insects.
   • To set a trap (figurative): It can describe the act of laying out a plan or scheme to ensnare or deceive someone.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ngư dân giăng lưới trên sông. (Fishermen spread a net on the river.)
  • Cảnh sát giăng lưới bắt tội phạm. (The police spread a net to catch criminals.)
  • Nhện giăng lưới bắt mồi. (The spider spins a web to catch prey.)

Advanced Usage

• "giăng lưới bẫy": to set a trap/net.
  • Họ giăng lưới bẫy để bắt những kẻ buôn lậu. (They set a trap to catch the smugglers.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giăng bẫy (v): to set a trap (often more general, not necessarily using a physical net).

  • Thợ săn giăng bẫy trong rừng. (The hunter sets traps in the forest.)

• Giăng tơ (v): to spin silk (used for spiders or silkworms creating threads).

  • Con nhện giăng tơ trong góc nhà. (The spider spins silk in the corner of the house.)

Synonyms

• Deploy a net: to position a net for use.
• Cast a net: to throw a net out over an area.
• Set a trap: to arrange a device or scheme for capture.

Related Idioms

• Giăng lưới bắt sóng: Literally "to spread a net to catch waves"; means to attempt something impossible or futile.

  • Mong đợi họ thay đổi chẳng khác nào giăng lưới bắt sóng. (Expecting them to change is like spreading a net to catch waves.)

• Giăng lưới khắp nơi: Literally "to spread nets everywhere"; means to have an extensive search or surveillance operation.

  • Lực lượng truy nã đã giăng lưới khắp nơi. (The pursuit force has spread nets everywhere.)

verb

1. to spread a net