rỗ

Thân thiện

Mặt anh ấy bị rỗ do bệnh đậu mùa từ nhỏ.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Pockmarked, pitted: Describes a surface, especially a human face, that is marked with numerous small scars or indentations, typically as a result of a past disease like smallpox.
   • Porous, honeycombed: Describes a non-living surface or material that is full of small holes or cavities, giving it a rough, uneven texture.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy có khuôn mặt rỗ vì bệnh đậu mùa hồi nhỏ. (He has a pockmarked face from having smallpox as a child.)
  • Bức tường bê tông này bị rỗ do đổ không đúng kỹ thuật. (This concrete wall is pitted/honeycombed due to improper pouring technique.)
  • Mặt trăng có bề mặt rỗ với nhiều hố va chạm. (The moon has a pitted surface with many impact craters.)

Advanced Usage

• "rỗ như tổ ong": (as pitted as a beehive) An idiom used to emphasize an extremely pockmarked or porous surface.
  • Sau vụ nổ, tấm tôn bị rỗ như tổ ong. (After the explosion, the metal sheet was full of holes like a beehive.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rỗ mặt (Compound Noun/Adjective Phrase): Pockmarked face.
  • Căn bệnh đã để lại cho ông ấy một khuôn mặt rỗ mặt. (The disease left him with a pockmarked face.)
• Rỗ tổ ong (Adjective Phrase): Honeycombed; severely pitted.
  • Kết cấu bê tông rỗ tổ ong là một lỗi nghiêm trọng. (A honeycombed concrete structure is a serious defect.)

Synonyms

• Lỗ chỗ: Full of holes, pitted (often used for surfaces or terrains).
• Sần sùi: Rough, bumpy (can describe texture but not necessarily with holes).

Notes on Different Meanings

• The primary meaning relates to a face scarred by disease (e.g., smallpox).
• The secondary meaning extends to any material (concrete, metal, ground) with a porous, cavity-ridden surface. This usage is common in technical contexts like construction or metallurgy.

Học thuật

1. (of face) to be pock-marked
   • mặt rỗ
     pock-marked face