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Một người thợ săn đang ngồi rình trong rừng.

Definition

1. Verb:

   • To hunt: To pursue and kill wild animals or birds for food, sport, or to control their population.
   • To hunt down / to pursue: To search for and follow someone or something persistently in order to catch or obtain them.

2. Adjective:

   • Tight / tightly twisted: Describing fibers, threads, or strings that are twisted firmly and have no slack.
   • Taut / firm: Describing skin or muscle that is tight, firm, and without wrinkles, often due to health, youth, or tension.
   • Heavy / driving: Describing rain or water that falls heavily or flows swiftly and densely.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Người xưa thường săn thú để lấy thịt. (Ancient people often hunted animals for meat.)
  • Cảnh sát đang săn lùng tên tội phạm. (The police are hunting down the criminal.)

• Adjective:

  • Sợi dây thừng này được bện rất săn. (This rope is very tightly twisted.)
  • Da của cô ấy rất săn chắc. (Her skin is very firm and taut.)
  • Trời đổ một cơn mưa săn hạt. (The sky let down a driving rain.)

Advanced Usage

• "săn tin": To hunt for news, to be a news reporter actively gathering information.

  • Anh ấy làm nghề săn tin cho một tờ báo. (He works as a news hunter for a newspaper.)

• "săn việc": To hunt for a job, to actively seek employment.

  • Cô ấy đang săn việc ở thành phố. (She is job hunting in the city.)

Variants and Related Words

• Săn bắn (v): To hunt (specifically with weapons like guns).

  • Hoạt động săn bắn trái phép bị nghiêm cấm. (Illegal hunting is strictly prohibited.)

• Săn ảnh (v): To be a paparazzo, to hunt for photographic opportunities, especially of celebrities.

  • Những tay săn ảnh luôn vây quanh ngôi sao. (Paparazzi always surround the star.)

Synonyms

• Hunt: to chase and kill wild animals.
• Pursue: to follow and try to catch.
• Taut: stretched or pulled tight.
• Driving: falling or flowing with great force (for rain/water).

Related Idioms

• Săn mồi: To prey, to hunt for prey. Often used literally for animals or metaphorically for competitive actions.

  • Con báo đang rình rập săn mồi. (The leopard is stalking its prey.)

• Mặt săn sắt: A face that is stern, hard, and unyielding (comparing skin to firm iron).

  • Ông giám đốc ấy có khuôn mặt săn sắt. (That director has a stern, iron-like face.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to hunt, to hunt down

adj

1. tightly twisted
2. shrinking, shrunk
3. swift