run

/rʌn/

Thân thiện

Cậu bé run vì lạnh khi đứng ngoài trời tuyết.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To tremble; to quiver; to shiver: To make small, quick, and often uncontrollable movements of the body or a part of the body, typically due to cold, fear, illness, or strong emotion.
   • To have a tremor (in one's voice or handwriting): For a voice or handwriting to be unsteady and shaky.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cậu bé run vì lạnh. (The boy shivered from the cold.)
  • Bà ấy run tay nên không rót được nước. (Her hands were trembling, so she couldn't pour the water.)
  • Giọng anh ấy run lên khi kể về kỷ niệm. (His voice quivered when he told the story.)

Advanced Usage

• "run lên": to tremble/shiver intensely (often from a strong emotion or physical cause).
  • Cô ấy tức giận đến run lên. (She was so angry she was trembling.)
• "run run" (reduplication): to tremble slightly; a light, noticeable quiver.
  • Ông cụ cầm tách trà với bàn tay run run. (The old man held the teacup with a slightly trembling hand.)

Variants and Related Words

• Run rẩy (v): to tremble violently, to shake uncontrollably (often from fear or cold).
  • Nó sợ hãi đến run rẩy. (He was scared to the point of shaking uncontrollably.)
• Run cầm cập (v): to chatter (teeth), to shiver uncontrollably (primarily from extreme cold).
  • Trời lạnh khiến anh ấy run cầm cập. (The cold weather made him shiver uncontrollably.)

Synonyms

• Tremble
• Shiver
• Quiver
• Shake

Related Idioms

• Run như cầy sấy / Run như lá cây: To tremble like a leaf (to shake uncontrollably from fear or cold).
  • Đứng trước đám đông, cô ấy sợ hãi run như lá cây. (Standing in front of the crowd, she was scared and trembling like a leaf.)
• Giận run người: To be shaking/trembling with anger.
  • Nghe tin đó, ông ấy giận run người. (Hearing that news, he was shaking with anger.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to tremble; to quiver ;to shiver;to quaver
   • nói giọng run run
     to have a quiver in one's voice to