săn
Definition
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.
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.)
verb
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to hunt, to hunt down
adj
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tightly twisted
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shrinking, shrunk
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swift
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