loe loét
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Smeared all over: Describes a substance, often something messy, sticky, or colorful, that is spread over a surface in a messy, excessive, or untidy way.
- Smudged and messy: Refers to a state of being covered with streaks or blotches, typically in an unpleasantly visible manner.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Miệng ăn trầu đỏ loe loét. (His/Her mouth was smeared all over with red betel juice.)
- Tay nó loe loét mực. (His/Her hands are smudged all over with ink.)
- Bức tường bị loe loét sơn. (The wall is smeared with paint.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries a negative connotation, implying a lack of neatness, care, or control in how the substance was applied or spread.
- It is frequently used to describe the messy result of eating (especially with sauces or colorful foods), playing, or careless work with paints, mud, or similar materials.
Variants and Related Words
- Toe toét (adj): Also means smeared or messy, often used interchangeably with "loe loét" to describe a messy face, especially from eating.
- Nhây nhớt (adj): Slimy, sticky; can be used in similar contexts for sticky, viscous substances.
Synonyms
- Smeared: Spread (a substance) messily over a surface.
- Smudged: Blurred or smeared.
- Daubed: Spread (a thick or sticky substance) carelessly.
Related Idioms
- Mặt mũi loe loét: A phrase describing a face that is messily smeared with something.
- Đứa bé ăn kem xong mặt mũi loe loét. (The child's face was smeared all over after eating ice cream.)