hải sâm
Definition
- Noun:
- Sea cucumber: A marine animal with a long, soft, cylindrical body, often found on the ocean floor. It is a type of echinoderm related to starfish and sea urchins.
- Holothurian: The scientific term for sea cucumber, belonging to the class Holothuroidea.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Hải sâm là một loại hải sản có giá trị dinh dưỡng cao. (Sea cucumber is a type of seafood with high nutritional value.)
- Ngư dân đang thu hoạch hải sâm ở vùng biển này. (Fishermen are harvesting sea cucumbers in this sea area.)
- Trong tiếng Anh, "hải sâm" được gọi là "sea cucumber" hoặc "holothurian". (In English, "hải sâm" is called "sea cucumber" or "holothurian".)
Advanced Usage
"Hải sâm khô": Dried sea cucumber (a processed form for preservation and trade).
- Món súp hải sâm khô rất bổ dưỡng. (Dried sea cucumber soup is very nutritious.)
"Nuôi trồng hải sâm": Sea cucumber aquaculture.
- Nuôi trồng hải sâm đang phát triển ở nhiều vùng ven biển. (Sea cucumber aquaculture is developing in many coastal areas.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đồn đột (n): Another, less common Vietnamese name for sea cucumber.
- Concombre de mer (n): The French term for sea cucumber.
- Bêche-de-mer (n): A term used in trade and some English contexts for processed sea cucumber.
- Trépang / Tripang (n): Terms of Malay origin used in commerce for dried, processed sea cucumber.
Synonyms
- Sea slug: Although this is a less precise common name, as true sea slugs are different mollusks.
- Trepang: Specifically refers to the processed, dried product for trade.
Related Phrases / Collocations
Khai thác hải sâm: To harvest/exploit sea cucumbers.
- Khai thác hải sâm quá mức có thể gây hại cho hệ sinh thái. (Overharvesting sea cucumbers can harm the ecosystem.)
Chế biến hải sâm: To process sea cucumbers.
- Công đoạn chế biến hải sâm rất công phu. (The sea cucumber processing stage is very elaborate.)
Related Idioms
(There are no widely recognized idioms in Vietnamese that centrally feature the word "hải sâm".)
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