loa

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Người dẫn chương trình cầm chiếc loa để nói với đám đông.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Horn; Megaphone: A cone-shaped device used to amplify and direct the human voice, making it sound louder and travel farther.
   • Loudspeaker; Speaker: An electroacoustic device that converts electrical audio signals into audible sound.

2. Adjective (colloquial):

   • Flared; Bell-shaped: Describing an object that widens or opens outward at one end, resembling the shape of a horn.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cảnh sát dùng loa để chỉ huy giao thông. (The police used a megaphone to direct traffic.)
  • Âm thanh từ chiếc loa rất rõ. (The sound from the speaker is very clear.)
• Adjective:
  • Chiếc váy này có phần chân loa. (This dress has a flared hem.)

Advanced Usage

• "loa phóng thanh": public address (PA) system loudspeaker; bullhorn.

  • Loa phóng thanh phát đi thông báo khẩn cấp. (The PA system broadcast an urgent announcement.)

• "nói loa": to speak through a megaphone; (figuratively) to speak loudly and publicly.

  • Hiệu trưởng nói loa trong lễ khai giảng. (The principal spoke through the megaphone at the opening ceremony.)

Variants and Related Words

• Loa kèn (n): horn (of a wind instrument); specifically refers to the flared bell.

  • Loa kèn của cây saxophone rất đẹp. (The bell of the saxophone is very beautiful.)

• Mồm loa mép giải (idiomatic phrase): Describes a person who is very loud-mouthed, gossipy, or talks too much.

Synonyms

• Megaphone: a portable cone-shaped device for amplifying the voice.
• Loudspeaker: an electronic device for amplifying sound.
• Horn: a flared acoustic device.

Related Idioms

• Mồm loa mép giải: To be a loudmouth; to be gossipy and indiscreet.
  • Đừng kể chuyện đó với cô ấy, cô ấy nổi tiếng mồm loa mép giải mà. (Don't tell that story to her; she's famously a loudmouth.)

Học thuật

noun

1. horn; megaphone
   • loa phóng thanh
     loudspeaker