Definition

1. Verb:
   • To be silhouetted, to be outlined, to stand out in silhouette: Refers to the appearance of a dark shape or outline of someone or something against a brighter background.
   • To be profiled, to be delineated: Can describe the clear, distinct outline or contour of an object becoming visible.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ngọn núi in hình trên nền trời hoàng hôn. (The mountain was silhouetted against the sunset sky.)
  • Bóng cây cao in hình trên mặt đất. (The tall tree's shadow was outlined on the ground.)
  • Cô ấy đứng in hình trước cửa sổ. (She stood silhouetted in front of the window.)

Advanced Usage

• "in hình in bóng": This idiomatic phrase intensifies the meaning, emphasizing a very clear, sharp, and distinct silhouette or outline.
  • Tòa tháp in hình in bóng dưới ánh trăng. (The tower stood in sharp silhouette under the moonlight.)

Variants and Related Words

• In (Verb): To print, to stamp, to imprint. This is the core verb from which the phrase is derived.
  • in sách (to print a book), in dấu vân tay (to take fingerprints).
• Hình (Noun): Shape, form, image, picture.
• Hình bóng (Noun): Silhouette, shadowy figure, image (often poetic).
  • hình bóng người mẹ (the image of one's mother).

Synonyms

• Hiện lên (Verb): To appear, to emerge.
• Nổi bật lên (Verb): To stand out.
• Lộ ra (Verb): To be revealed, to show.

Related Phrases

• In dấu (Verb Phrase): To leave a mark, to make an imprint (literal or figurative).
  • Sự kiện đó in dấu trong lịch sử. (That event left its mark on history.)