mái ấp
Definition
- Noun:
- Brooder / incubator: A heated enclosure or device used to keep young animals, especially chicks, warm and protected.
- Shelter / warm refuge: A metaphorical term for a place that provides warmth, safety, and nurturing care, often referring to a loving home.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Những chú gà con được giữ ấm trong mái ấp. (The chicks are kept warm in the brooder.)
- Gia đình là mái ấp của mỗi người. (Family is everyone's warm refuge.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in social contexts to describe charitable shelters or homes for orphans, the elderly, or the disadvantaged, emphasizing their role as places of care and protection.
- Trung tâm này hoạt động như một mái ấp cho trẻ mồ côi. (This center functions as a shelter for orphans.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lò ấp trứng (n): Egg incubator (a more specific term for a device for hatching eggs).
- Mái nhà (n): Roof; figuratively, a home or shelter.
- Tổ ấm (n): A warm nest; a common synonym for a happy, loving home.
Synonyms
- Brooder: A device for rearing young birds.
- Incubator: An apparatus for maintaining controlled conditions for hatching eggs or growing microorganisms.
- Haven: A place of safety or refuge.
- Sanctuary: A place of refuge or safety.
Related Idioms
- While "mái ấp" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is conceptually central to the common phrase "tổ ấm gia đình" (family hearth/nest), which strongly emphasizes the home as a warm, loving, and secure base.