lướt
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Definition
Verb:
- To glide; to skim; to sail: To move smoothly, quickly, and effortlessly over a surface, often with light contact. This is the core meaning.
- To skim (through); to glance over; to browse: To read, look at, or deal with something quickly and superficially, without attention to detail.
- To graze; to brush (against): To touch or pass very lightly against something while moving.
Adjective (less common):
- Weak; frail; spindly: Describing a person, plant, or object that is thin, weak, and lacking strength or sturdiness.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to glide):
- Con thuyền lướt trên mặt hồ phẳng lặng. (The boat glided on the calm lake surface.)
- Vận động viên trượt tuyết lướt xuống sườn núi. (The skier glided down the mountainside.)
- Verb (to skim/glance):
- Tôi chỉ lướt qua các tiêu đề báo trước khi đi làm. (I only skimmed the newspaper headlines before work.)
- Cô ấy lướt mắt nhìn danh sách một lượt. (She glanced over the list once.)
- Verb (to graze):
- Quả bóng lướt qua má anh ấy. (The ball grazed his cheek.)
- Máy bay lướt qua ngọn cây. (The plane brushed past the treetops.)
- Adjective (weak):
- Cây lúa này lướt quá, dễ đổ. (This rice plant is too spindly and prone to falling over.)
Advanced Usage
- "lướt web": to surf the web, to browse the internet.
- Cậu ấy dành cả buổi tối để lướt web. (He spent the whole evening surfing the web.)
- "lướt sóng": to surf (on waves).
- Họ ra biển để lướt sóng. (They went to the sea to surf.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lướt thướt (adj): flowing, graceful (often for clothing or movement); can imply affectation.
- Chiếc váy dài lướt thướt. (The long, flowing dress.)
- Lướt qua (phrasal verb): to glide past; to skim over; to pass by quickly.
- Thời gian lướt qua thật nhanh. (Time glided by so quickly.)
Synonyms
- Glide, skim, sail, slide (for smooth movement).
- Browse, scan, glance over (for reading/looking).
- Graze, brush, touch lightly.
- Frail, weak, slender (as an adjective).
Related Idioms
- Lướt mặt như dao: Literally "to glide over the face like a knife," meaning to speak with sharp, cutting, or sarcastic words.
- Lời của cô ấy lướt mặt như dao. (Her words were sharp like a knife.)
- Đọc lướt đại khái: To read superficially, just to get the gist.
- Tôi chỉ đọc lướt đại khái bản báo cáo. (I just skimmed the report to get the general idea.)
verb
- to glide; to graze
- đi lướt quato glide past