rời mắt

Thân thiện

Chỉ cần rời mắt một giây, đứa trẻ đã chạy đi mất.

Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To take one's eyes off: To look away from something or someone one was watching or observing.
   • To avert one's eyes/gaze: To deliberately look away, often out of politeness, discomfort, or distraction.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Anh ấy không dám rời mắt khỏi màn hình máy tính. (He didn't dare take his eyes off the computer screen.)
  • Cô giáo nhắc học sinh không được rời mắt khỏi bài kiểm tra. (The teacher reminded the students not to take their eyes off the test.)
  • Vì quá xấu hổ, cô ấy rời mắt nhìn xuống sàn nhà. (Too embarrassed, she averted her eyes to look at the floor.)

Advanced Usage

• "Không rời mắt": An emphatic phrase meaning "not to take one's eyes off," indicating intense focus or vigilance.
  • Người mẹ trẻ không rời mắt khỏi đứa con sơ sinh. (The young mother did not take her eyes off her newborn baby.)
• "Không thể rời mắt": "Cannot take one's eyes off," used to express being captivated or mesmerized by something.
  • Cảnh hoàng hôn đẹp đến mức tôi không thể rời mắt. (The sunset was so beautiful I couldn't take my eyes off it.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rời (verb): To leave, to depart, to detach.
  • Rời khỏi: To leave (a place).
  • Rời xa: To move far away from.
• Mắt (noun): Eye.
  • Đôi mắt: Eyes (pair of eyes).
  • Ánh mắt: Gaze, look (in someone's eyes).

Synonyms

• Nhìn đi chỗ khác: To look elsewhere.
• Quay đi: To turn away.
• Lơ đãng: To be inattentive, to let one's attention wander (describes a state, not a direct action).

Related Phrases

• Dán mắt vào: To be glued to (something, e.g., a screen, a book). This is an antonymic phrase, indicating fixed attention.
  • Cậu bé dán mắt vào trò chơi điện tử. (The boy was glued to the video game.)
• Đảo mắt: To glance around, to shift one's eyes quickly.

Related Idioms

• Mắt không rời: Eyes do not leave (a literary or emphatic variant of "không rời mắt").
  • Với sự tò mò, anh ta mắt không rời khỏi chiếc hộp bí ẩn. (With curiosity, his eyes did not leave the mysterious box.)

Học thuật

1. Take one's eyes off
   • Không rời mắt
     Not to take one's eyes off