lao móc

Người thợ săn cá voi đã lao móc con cá voi.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To harpoon: The primary meaning of "lao móc" is to strike or catch with a harpoon, a barbed spear-like weapon used especially in hunting large fish or marine mammals.
   • To hook aggressively: Can describe the action of using a hooked implement to pierce and pull something with force.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người thợ săn cá voi đã lao móc con cá voi. (The whaler harpooned the whale.)
  • Anh ấy dùng cây sào có móc sắt để lao móc chiếc hòm trôi dạt vào bờ. (He used a pole with an iron hook to harpoon the chest drifting ashore.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị lao móc": to be harpooned.
  • Con cá kiếm khổng lồ cuối cùng cũng bị lao móc. (The giant swordfish was finally harpooned.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cây lao móc / Cái lao móc (Noun): A harpoon; the physical weapon itself.
  • Anh ta giương cao cây lao móc. (He raised the harpoon high.)
• Lao (Verb): To dart, to lunge, or to throw a spear. This is the root verb for the thrusting motion.
• Móc (Verb/Noun): To hook; a hook. This is the root word for the hooked/barbed component.

Synonyms

• Đâm bằng lao: to spear.
• Bắt bằng móc: to catch with a hook.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Lao móc xuống: to harpoon/hook downward.
  • Người thợ săn lao móc xuống nước. (The hunter harpooned down into the water.)
• Lao móc trúng: to successfully harpoon.
  • Phải mất ba lần mới lao móc trúng con cá. (It took three attempts to successfully harpoon the fish.)

Related Idioms

• (Không a common standalone idiom exists with "lao móc". Its usage is typically literal.)