phay
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun (Geography/Geology):
- Fault: A fracture or zone of fractures in the Earth's crust along which there has been displacement of the rock masses on either side.
Verb (Mechanical Engineering):
- To mill: To machine a surface, metal, or other material using a rotating cutting tool (a milling cutter or fraise) to remove material.
Adjective (Culinary, Northern Vietnamese dialect):
- Parboiled / Blanched: Referring to meat, especially pork, that has been briefly boiled in water until partially or fully cooked.
Usage Examples
Noun (Geography):
- Động đất thường xảy ra dọc theo các đứt gãy địa chất, hay còn gọi là phay. (Earthquakes often occur along geological fractures, also known as faults.)
Verb (Engineering):
- Người thợ đang phay một rãnh trên bề mặt kim loại. (The worker is milling a groove on the metal surface.)
- Chi tiết này cần được phay cho thật phẳng. (This part needs to be milled perfectly flat.)
Adjective (Culinary):
- Thịt lợn phay thường được dùng để làm nộm hoặc xào. (Parboiled pork is often used to make salads or stir-fries.)
Advanced Usage
- Technical Compound Nouns:
- "máy phay": milling machine.
- Xưởng cơ khí mới nhập một máy phay CNC. (The mechanical workshop just imported a CNC milling machine.)
- "dao phay" / "lưỡi phay": milling cutter, fraise.
- Lưỡi phay này dùng để gia công nhôm. (This milling cutter is used for machining aluminum.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sự phay / Phay (n): The act or process of milling (fraisage).
- Lỗ phay (n): A counterbore (fraisure) — a cylindrical flat-bottomed hole that enlarges another coaxial hole.
Synonyms
- Fault (for geography): fracture, break, rift.
- To mill (for engineering): machine, cut, shape.
- Parboiled (for culinary): blanched, semi-cooked, scalded.
Notes on Usage
- The geographical term "phay" (fault) is a specialized scientific term.
- The engineering term "phay" (to mill) is standard in technical and industrial contexts.
- The culinary term "phay" (parboiled) is considered a regional (Northern) usage and may not be universally understood throughout all Vietnamese-speaking regions.
- (địa lý) Fault
- Enlarge with a fraise
- Máy phayA fraise