nghển cổ

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Một chú mèo nghển cổ để nhìn lên cành cây cao.

Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To crane one's neck: To stretch one's neck upward or forward, typically in an effort to see something better or to look at something with curiosity or effort.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Đám đông nghển cổ để xem ngôi sao điện ảnh bước ra khỏi xe. (The crowd craned their necks to see the movie star step out of the car.)
  • Cậu bé nghển cổ nhìn lên những cành cây cao tìm tổ chim. (The boy craned his neck to look up at the high tree branches searching for a bird's nest.)
  • Tôi phải nghển cổ mới đọc được dòng chữ nhỏ ở phía trên. (I had to crane my neck to read the small text at the top.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase "nghển cổ" vividly describes a physical action that often implies difficulty, curiosity, or a desire to overcome an obstruction (like a tall object or a crowd) to gain a view.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe making a great effort to attain knowledge or information that is just out of reach.
  • Anh ấy luôn nghển cổ tìm hiểu những kiến thức mới. (He is always straining [like craning his neck] to learn new knowledge.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nghển (verb): To stretch or crane (the neck). This is the root verb, and "nghển cổ" is its most common and complete form.
• Ngẩng cổ (verb phrase): To raise one's head/neck. This implies a more general upward movement of the head, not necessarily with the straining connotation of "nghển cổ".
• Vươn cổ (verb phrase): To stretch one's neck. Similar to "nghển cổ" but can be more neutral, sometimes used for exercises.

Synonyms

• Ngước cổ lên: To tilt/lift one's neck up.
• Vươn cao cổ: To stretch one's neck high.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nghển cổ lên: To crane one's neck upward (adds directional emphasis).
  • Cô ấy nghển cổ lên nhìn bức tranh treo quá cao. (She craned her neck upward to look at the painting hung too high.)
• Nghển cổ ra: To crane one's neck outward/forward (adds directional emphasis).
  • Anh ấy nghển cổ ra ngoài cửa sổ để xem chuyện gì đang xảy ra. (He craned his neck out the window to see what was happening.)

Related Idioms

• Nghển cổ chờ mong: To crane one's neck in anticipation. This idiom emphasizes waiting for something with eager expectation.
  • Các fan hâm mộ nghển cổ chờ mong thần tượng xuất hiện. (The fans craned their necks in anticipation, waiting for their idol to appear.)

Học thuật

1. Crane one's neck
   • Nghển cổ nhìn
     To crame one's neck to see something