nghỉm
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Definition
- Verb:
- To sink completely, to submerge entirely: "nghỉm" describes the action of an object or person sinking beneath the surface of a liquid until it is no longer visible or until it reaches the bottom.
- To be engulfed, to be swallowed up: It can also describe something being completely covered, absorbed, or lost within something else, often implying a sense of disappearance or being overwhelmed.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chiếc thuyền bị đắm và đã nghỉm xuống đáy biển. (The boat capsized and sank completely to the bottom of the sea.)
- Sau cơn lũ, nhiều ngôi nhà nghỉm trong nước. (After the flood, many houses were submerged in water.)
- Cảm giác tuyệt vọng khiến anh ấy như nghỉm vào bóng tối. (The feeling of despair made him feel as if he were being swallowed up by darkness.)
Advanced Usage
- "chìm nghỉm": This is the most common and natural collocation, functioning as an intensifier for the verb "chìm" (to sink). It emphasizes the finality and completeness of the sinking or submergence.
- Khoản đầu tư đó đã chìm nghỉm, không thể cứu vãn. (That investment has sunk completely, beyond recovery.)
- Cảm xúc của cô ấy chìm nghỉm trong nỗi buồn. (Her emotions were completely engulfed in sadness.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chìm (verb): to sink, to submerge. This is the base verb, while "nghỉm" (almost always paired as "chìm nghỉm") intensifies it.
- Ngập (verb): to flood, to be inundated. Focuses on being covered by liquid, not necessarily sinking.
- Nhấn chìm (verb phrase): to drown, to submerge (often used figuratively).
Synonyms
- Chìm hẳn: to sink completely.
- Bị nuốt chửng: to be devoured, swallowed up (figurative).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Nghỉm is not typically used with phrasal verbs. Its usage is almost exclusively in the compound "chìm nghỉm".
Related Idioms
- "Chìm nghỉm như đá": To sink like a stone.
- Chiếc tàu bị thủng và chìm nghỉm như đá. (The ship was holed and sank like a stone.)
- "Chìm nghỉm trong quên lãng": To be completely forgotten, to sink into oblivion.
- Nhiều phát minh vĩ đại đã chìm nghỉm trong quên lãng. (Many great inventions have sunk into oblivion.)
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