lỗ cống
Definition
- Noun:
- A drain hole or sewer hole: An opening, typically covered by a grate, that allows water and waste to enter or exit an underground drainage or sewer system.
- A manhole or inspection chamber: An opening that provides access to an underground utility conduit, such as a sewer, for maintenance and inspection.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nước mưa chảy xiết xuống lỗ cống. (Rainwater rushed down into the drain hole.)
- Công nhân thành phố mở nắp lỗ cống để thông tắc. (City workers opened the manhole cover to clear a blockage.)
- Mùi hôi bốc lên từ lỗ cống. (A foul smell rose from the sewer hole.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "lỗ cống" is a general, common-use word. In technical or construction contexts, more specific terms like "hố ga" (catch basin) or "giếng thăm" (inspection well) may be used to describe different types of access points within a sewer system.
Variants and Related Words
- Cống (n): sewer, culvert, drain. The main conduit itself.
- Nước thải chảy trong cống. (Wastewater flows in the sewer.)
- Hố ga (n): catch basin, maintenance hole. A specific type of "lỗ cống" designed to collect debris and facilitate access.
- Nắp cống (n): manhole cover, drain cover. The lid that covers a "lỗ cống".
Synonyms
- Drain hole
- Sewer hole
- Manhole (specifically for larger access points)
Related Idioms and Expressions
- Rơi xuống lỗ cống: To fall down a drain/manhole. Can be used literally or figuratively to describe something being lost or wasted.
- Chiếc nhẫn của cô ấy bị rơi xuống lỗ cống. (Her ring fell down the drain.)
- Đầu óc để ở lỗ cống: A humorous, colloquial expression meaning "to have one's head in the clouds" or to be forgetful and scatterbrained (literally: "to leave one's brain at the sewer hole").
- Lại quên chìa khóa, cậu để đầu óc ở lỗ cống à? (You forgot your keys again; did you leave your brain at the sewer hole?)