phọt
Definition
- Verb:
- To spurt: To gush or shoot out suddenly and forcefully in a stream or jet, typically describing a liquid.
- To squirt: To eject liquid in a thin, fast stream.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Máu phọt ra từ vết thương. (Blood spurted from the wound.)
- Nước phọt ra từ vòi bị hỏng. (Water squirted from the broken hose.)
- Anh ta bóp chanh và nước phọt vào mắt tôi. (He squeezed the lime and the juice squirted into my eye.)
Advanced Usage
- The verb "phọt" often implies a sudden, unexpected, and sometimes violent ejection of liquid under pressure. It is not used for gentle flowing.
Variants and Related Words
- Vọt (v): Can also mean to spurt or rise suddenly, sometimes used interchangeably with "phọt" for liquids, but also for rapid upward movement.
- Phun (v): To spray or spout. This is a broader term for ejecting liquid or particles and can be less forceful than "phọt."
- Bắn (v): To shoot or fire. Can be used for liquids in contexts like "bắn tung tóe" (to splash), but typically implies more scattered dispersion than the focused jet of "phọt."
Synonyms
- Spurt: To gush out in a sudden, forceful stream.
- Squirt: To eject liquid in a thin, fast jet.
- Jet: To spurt out in a continuous, forceful stream.
- Gush: To flow out in a rapid and plentiful stream (often larger volume than "phọt").
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Phọt ra: The most common construction, meaning "to spurt out."
- Áp lực cao khiến dầu phọt ra. (High pressure caused the oil to spurt out.)
- Cười phọt (colloquial): To burst out laughing, implying a sudden, uncontrollable outburst similar to a spurt.
- Nghe câu chuyện, cô ấy cười phọt. (Hearing the joke, she burst out laughing.)
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Spurt, spirt, spirt, spout
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Máu phọt ra từ vết thươngBlood spurted ot from the wound
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