lổ đổ

Sách vở lổ đổ trên mặt bàn.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Scattered; dispersed: Describes things that are spread out or lying about in an untidy, irregular, or sparse manner, not gathered together in one place.
   • Sparse; thin: Can describe hair, vegetation, or other things that are growing or placed far apart with gaps in between.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sách vở lổ đổ trên sàn nhà. (Books and papers are scattered all over the floor.)
  • Mái tóc của ông cụ đã lổ đổ. (The old man's hair has become sparse.)
  • Cây cối mọc lổ đổ trên sườn đồi. (Trees grow sparsely on the hillside.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a connotation of untidiness, neglect, or poor condition due to things being spread out or not dense.

Variants and Related Words

• Lổm chổm (adj): bumpy, uneven (often for a surface).
• Lơ thơ (adj): sparse, scattered, thinly spread (similar in meaning to "lổ đổ" for vegetation or hair).

Synonyms

• Scattered: Thrown or spread about irregularly.
• Dispersed: Distributed or spread over a wide area.
• Sparse: Thinly dispersed or scattered; not dense.

Related Idioms

• While "lổ đổ" itself is not commonly the core of a fixed idiom, it is used descriptively within phrases to depict disorder.
  • Căn phòng trông lổ đổ đồ đạc. (The room looks cluttered with scattered belongings.)