Definition

1. Noun:

   • Cage: A container, typically made of woven bamboo, wood, or wire, with an open structure, used for confining birds, chickens, or small animals.

2. Verb:

   • To insert / to fit / to encase: To place one object neatly inside another so they form a single, integrated unit.
   • To bolt / to rear / to stampede: (Of an animal, especially a horse or buffalo) to suddenly run wildly or uncontrollably out of fear or panic.
   • To flare up / to lose control: (Of a person) to react with a sudden, intense, and uncontrolled outburst of emotion, such as anger or excitement.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nhốt chim vào lồng. (To put a bird in a cage.)
• Verb (to insert):
  • Lồng tấm ảnh vào khung. (To insert the picture into the frame.)
• Verb (to bolt):
  • Con ngựa nghe tiếng súng liền lồng lên. (The horse heard the gunshot and immediately bolted.)
• Verb (to flare up):
  • Anh ta tức giận lồng lên. (He flared up in anger.)

Advanced Usage

• "lồng tiếng": to dub (a film, video).

  • Bộ phim này được lồng tiếng Anh. (This film is dubbed into English.)

• "lồng vào nhau": to be interwoven, to overlap, to telescope into one another.

  • Những ký ức lồng vào nhau. (The memories are interwoven.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lồng ngực (n): thoracic cage, ribcage.

  • Chụp X-quang lồng ngực. (To take a chest X-ray.)

• Lồng lộn (v): to thrash about wildly; to be in a furious, uncontrollable state.

  • Nó giận đến mức lồng lộn lên. (He was so angry he thrashed about wildly.)

Synonyms

• Cage: enclosure, coop.
• Insert: embed, encase, fit.
• Bolt: stampede, rear, run amok.
• Flare up: explode, lose one's temper, fly into a rage.

Related Idioms

• Chim sổ lồng: Literally "a bird escaped from its cage"; used to describe a feeling of great freedom or liberation.

  • Cảm giác như chim sổ lồng. (To feel like a bird set free from its cage.)

• Lồng như ngựa chạy sân ga: To be extremely agitated or excited, literally "to bolt like a horse running in a train station."

  • Nghe tin ấy, nó lồng lên như ngựa chạy sân ga. (Upon hearing that news, he became as agitated as a horse bolting in a station.)

noun

1. cage
   • nhốt chim vào lồng
     to cage a brid

verb

1. to rear; to bolt (of horse)