Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dim; faint; hazy: Describes a light that is weak, not bright or clear, producing poor visibility.
   • Vague; unclear; indistinct: Describes an idea, memory, understanding, or image that is not sharp, precise, or well-defined.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Dim/Faint):

  • Ánh đèn đường lờ mờ trong sương mù. (The street light was dim in the fog.)
  • Chỉ còn ánh nến lờ mờ. (There was only the faint glow of a candle.)

• Adjective (Vague/Unclear):

  • Tôi chỉ có ký ức lờ mờ về sự kiện đó. (I only have a vague memory of that event.)
  • Hình ảnh trên màn hình rất lờ mờ. (The image on the screen is very blurry.)
  • Anh ấy có một ý tưởng lờ mờ về kế hoạch. (He has a hazy idea about the plan.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe abstract concepts like theories, feelings, or suspicions that are not fully formed or articulated.
  • Một linh cảm lờ mờ về điều chẳng lành. (An obscure premonition of something bad.)
  • Những quy định còn khá lờ mờ. (The regulations are still rather nebulous.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mờ mờ ảo ảo (adj): Describes something extremely faint, blurry, or dreamlike, often with a poetic or mysterious connotation.
  • Cảnh vật trong sương sớm trông mờ mờ ảo ảo. (The landscape in the morning mist looked faint and illusory.)

Synonyms

• Dim: Lacking in brightness.
• Faint: Barely perceptible.
• Vague: Not clearly expressed or defined.
• Blurry: Lacking sharpness or clarity.
• Indistinct: Not clear or sharply defined.
• Nebulous: In the form of a cloud or haze; vague.

Related Idioms

• Hiểu lờ mờ: To have a murky or unclear understanding.

  • Học sinh hiểu lờ mờ về khái niệm này. (The students have a fuzzy understanding of this concept.)

• Nhìn thấy lờ mờ: To see something dimly or indistinctly.

  • Tôi nhìn thấy lờ mờ bóng ai đó ở cuối hành lang. (I saw the dim shape of someone at the end of the hallway.)