hếch hoác

Thân thiện

Cái miệng túi vải bị hếch hoác ra.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Gaping, wide open: Describes something, especially an opening or mouth, that is excessively or unattractively wide open, often implying a lack of neatness or an unintended, awkward openness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cái miệng túi bị rách, trông hếch hoác. (The mouth of the bag is torn and looks gaping.)
  • Đừng há miệng hếch hoác thế! (Don't stand there with your mouth gaping wide open like that!)
  • Cánh cửa bị hỏng, để hếch hoác cả đêm. (The broken door was left gaping open all night.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used to describe an opening that is not just open, but conspicuously, unattractively, or dysfunctionally so. It carries a connotation of being overly large, untidy, or in a state that should be closed.
  • Chiếc hộp bị móp, nắp đậy không khít mà hếch hoác. (The box was dented, and the lid didn't fit snugly but was gaping.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hếch (adj): Often used to describe an upturned nose () or, less commonly, a wide-open state. "Hếch hoác" intensifies this meaning of excessive openness.
• Hoác (adj): A descriptive component often paired with other words (e.g., ) to emphasize a state of being wide open or spacious.

Synonyms

• Há hốc: Agape, wide open (often for a mouth in surprise).
• Mở toang: Wide open, flung open (for doors, windows).
• Rộng hoác: Very wide, gaping.

Antonyms

• Khép kín: Closed shut.
• Khít: Snug, tight-fitting.
• Nhỏ: Small.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Miệng hếch hoác: A gaping mouth.
  • Nghe tin sốc, anh ta đứng sững với miệng hếch hoác. (Hearing the shocking news, he stood frozen with his mouth agape.)
• Để hếch hoác: To leave something wide open (often carelessly).
  • Đừng để cửa hếch hoác khi trời lạnh. (Don't leave the door gaping open when it's cold.)

Học thuật

adj

1. gaping