rải thảm

Thân thiện

Nhân viên khách sạn đang rải thảm đỏ để chào đón nguyên thủ quốc gia.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To carpet-bomb: A military tactic involving the intensive and widespread bombing of a target area, typically to destroy everything across a large surface. The term "rải thảm" literally means "to spread a carpet," metaphorically describing how bombs cover an area as completely as a carpet covers a floor.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Không quân được lệnh rải thảm khu vực đó. (The air force was ordered to carpet-bomb that area.)
  • Chiến thuật rải thảm gây ra sự tàn phá khủng khiếp. (The carpet-bombing tactic caused horrific devastation.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is almost exclusively used in a military context to describe a specific, intensive bombing strategy. Its usage implies a scale of destruction that is comprehensive and indiscriminate across the targeted zone.

Variants and Related Words

• Ném bom rải thảm (Verb Phrase): This is the full and more common phrase meaning "to carry out carpet bombing." "Rải thảm" in this context is a shortened form of this phrase.
• Sự rải thảm (Noun): The act or instance of carpet-bombing.
  • Sự rải thảm đã biến thành phố thành bình địa. (The carpet-bombing turned the city into a wasteland.)

Synonyms

• Ném bom hàng loạt: To bomb in large numbers/series (implies a massive scale but not necessarily the complete area coverage of "rải thảm").
• Ném bom ồ ạt: To bomb intensively/inundatingly.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Rải thảm hoa: This is a separate, non-military idiom meaning "to carpet with flowers" (e.g., to spread flowers on a path for a celebratory procession). It is crucial to distinguish this positive, ceremonial usage from the military term based on context.
  • Người dân rải thảm hoa chào đón nguyên thủ. (The people carpeted the path with flowers to welcome the head of state.)

Học thuật

1. Ném bom rải thảm
2. To carpet-bomb