Definition

1. Verb:

   • To blister: To form a raised, fluid-filled bubble on the skin or a surface, typically caused by heat, friction, or burning.
   • To bubble (paint/varnish): For a painted or coated surface to swell and form raised areas due to heat or moisture, causing the material to separate from the underlying surface.

2. Noun:

   • A blister: The raised, fluid-filled swelling itself.
   • A sheaf (archaic/regional): A bundle of rice stalks, typically consisting of five clumps tied together. This meaning is less common in modern usage.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Tay tôi bị rộp vì cầm nồi nóng. (My hand blistered from holding the hot pot.)
  • Lớp sơn trên cửa gỗ bị rộp vì phơi nắng. (The paint on the wooden door bubbled from being exposed to the sun.)

• Noun:

  • Trên tay anh ấy có một cái rộp to do bỏng. (He has a large blister on his hand from a burn.)
  • Người nông dân bó lúa thành từng rộp. (The farmer bundled the rice stalks into sheaves.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb is often used in its reduplicated form "rồm rộp" to describe a surface with many small, slight blisters or bubbles.
  • Mặt bàn sơn bị rồm rộp vì hơi ẩm. (The varnished tabletop is lightly blistered due to humidity.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giộp: A variant form with the same core meaning as "rộp," primarily meaning to blister.
• Phồng rộp: An intensified phrase meaning severely blistered or swollen.
  • Da chân anh ấy phồng rộp vì đi giày mới. (The skin on his feet is badly blistered from new shoes.)

Synonyms

• Blister: To form a blister (verb); a blister (noun).
• Bubble: For paint or varnish to form raised pockets.
• Swelling: A raised area on the skin (though not necessarily fluid-filled).

Related Idioms

• While not a common idiom, the state is often described in phrases related to injury or damage:
  • Bỏng rộp: To be blistered from a burn.

    • Bị nước sôi đổ vào, da bỏng rộp hết. (Having boiling water spilled on it, the skin became blistered all over.)

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