Definition

1. Noun:
   • Horsefly, gadfly: A large, robust fly (family Tabanidae) known for the painful bite of the female, which feeds on the blood of mammals, including livestock and sometimes humans. It is often a pest to animals.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con bò bị con ruồi trâu đốt. (The cow was bitten by a horsefly.)
  • Ruồi trâu thường xuất hiện nhiều vào mùa hè. (Horseflies often appear in large numbers during the summer.)
  • Vết đốt của ruồi trâu rất đau và có thể sưng tấy. (The bite of a horsefly is very painful and can become swollen.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bị ruồi trâu quấy rầy": to be pestered by horseflies.

  • Đàn gia súc bị ruồi trâu quấy rầy suốt ngày. (The livestock was pestered by horseflies all day.)

• "Tránh ruồi trâu": to avoid horseflies.

  • Chúng tôi phải đốt lá để xua đuổi ruồi trâu. (We had to burn leaves to repel horseflies.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đỉa: Leech (another blood-sucking creature, but aquatic).
• Muỗi: Mosquito (a smaller, flying insect that also bites to suck blood).
• Vắt: Land leech (a terrestrial, blood-sucking annelid).

Synonyms

• Horsefly: The most common direct translation.
• Gadfly: A general term for flies that bite livestock; can also refer to a person who annoys others.
• Cleg: A term used in some English dialects for horsefly.
• Breeze fly: Another less common term for horsefly.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: As 'ruồi trâu' is a noun, it does not have phrasal verbs. This section lists common verb collocations.) - Bị ruồi trâu đốt/cắn: to be bitten/stung by a horsefly. - Đuổi ruồi trâu: to shoo away/swat horseflies. - Thuốc diệt ruồi trâu: horsefly insecticide/repellent.

Related Idioms

• Như ruồi trâu bu: (To swarm) like horseflies. Used to describe something or someone appearing in large, annoying numbers.
  • Bọn trẻ con tò mò bu quanh như ruồi trâu. (The curious children swarmed around like horseflies.)

1. Gadfly