phun
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To spray, to squirt, to jet: To forcefully eject a liquid or a fine substance in a stream or small droplets through a narrow opening.
- To spout, to gush, to erupt: To flow or be ejected out suddenly and with great force, often in a large quantity (e.g., from a geyser or volcano).
- To spew, to belch, to emit: To send out smoke, fire, or gas in a continuous, forceful stream.
- To spit, to vomit (figurative): To utter words in a rapid, forceful, and often contemptuous or uncontrolled manner.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Người nông dân đang phun thuốc trừ sâu cho cây lúa. (The farmer is spraying pesticide on the rice plants.)
- Vòi rồng phun nước rất cao. (The fountain jets water very high.)
- Núi lửa đang phun tro bụi. (The volcano is spewing ash.)
- Anh ta tức giận và phun ra một tràng lời lẽ thô tục. (He was angry and spewed a stream of vulgar words.)
Advanced Usage
- "phun trào": to erupt (used for volcanoes or figuratively for emotions).
- Cảm xúc của cô ấy cuối cùng cũng phun trào. (Her emotions finally erupted.)
- "phun sương": to mist, to atomize (to spray in a very fine mist).
- Máy tạo độ ẩm phun sương vào không khí. (The humidifier mists the air.)
Variants and Related Words
- Phun nước (v): to spray water, to squirt water.
- Đứa trẻ nghịch ngợm phun nước từ vòi. (The mischievous child squirts water from the hose.)
- Phun thuốc (v): to spray medicine or chemicals.
- Chúng tôi cần phun thuốc diệt muỗi. (We need to spray mosquito repellent.)
Synonyms
- Spray, squirt: for controlled ejection of liquid.
- Gush, spout, erupt: for a natural or forceful outflow.
- Spew, belch, emit: for ejecting smoke, fire, or gas.
- Blurt, spout: for uttering words forcefully.
Related Idioms
- Ngậm máu phun người: (Lit: To hold blood in one's mouth and spray it at others) To make false accusations against someone.
- Hành động ngậm máu phun người của hắn thật đê tiện. (His act of making false accusations is truly despicable.)
- Phun châu nhả ngọc: (Lit: To spray pearls and eject jade) To speak or write in a very eloquent, beautiful, and refined manner.
- Nhà thơ ấy phun châu nhả ngọc trong từng câu thơ. (That poet weaves words of great beauty in every line of poetry.)
verb
- to eject;to belch; to vomit; to gush; to erupt