lưới giăng
Definition
Noun:
- A set or spread fishing net: A large net, often stationary or anchored, that is deployed in water (rivers, lakes, or seas) to catch fish. It implies a net that is set or spread out to trap aquatic animals.
- A laid trap: Can metaphorically describe a trap or snare that has been set to catch someone or something.
Verb phrase (to set/spread a net):
- To set a net: The action of deploying a fishing net in the water.
- To lay a trap: The figurative action of preparing a trap or scheme.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Ngư dân kiểm tra lưới giăng từ sáng sớm. (The fisherman checked the set fishing net early in the morning.)
- Cảnh sát phá tan một lưới giăng buôn người. (The police dismantled a human trafficking net/trap.)
Verb phrase:
- Họ lưới giăng trên khúc sông này. (They are setting nets in this section of the river.)
- Tên tội phạm lưới giăng một cái bẫy tinh vi. (The criminal laid an elaborate trap.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in formal or literary contexts to describe extensive, organized systems of entrapment, such as in crime or surveillance.
- Lưới giăng theo dõi của điệp viên bao phủ cả thành phố. (The spy's surveillance net covered the entire city.)
Variants and Related Words
Giăng lưới (verb phrase): Synonymous with the verb form, meaning to set out or spread a net.
- Đội tàu đang giăng lưới ngoài khơi. (The fleet is spreading nets offshore.)
Lưới đánh cá (noun): Fishing net (a more general term).
- Bẫy (noun): Trap, snare.
Synonyms
- Fishing net (noun)
- Set net (noun)
- Trap, snare (noun, figurative)
- To set a net, to deploy a net (verb)
Related Idioms
- Lưới giăng, đèn soi: A phrase suggesting a prepared and watchful trap, ready to catch its target.
- Cảnh sát đã lưới giăng, đèn soi khắp nơi. (The police had traps set and lights shining everywhere [were fully prepared].)