sương muối
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Definition
- Noun:
- Hoarfrost: A white, icy coating that forms on surfaces, especially plants and grass, when the temperature drops below freezing and water vapor in the air freezes directly into ice crystals.
- White frost: A synonym for hoarfrost, describing its white, frosty appearance.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Sáng nay, cánh đồng phủ đầy sương muối. (This morning, the field was covered with hoarfrost.)
- Sương muối làm cho lá cây trông như được phủ bạc. (Hoarfrost makes the leaves look like they are covered in silver.)
- Nông dân lo lắng vì đợt sương muối có thể làm hại mùa màng. (Farmers are worried because the hoarfrost can damage the crops.)
Advanced Usage
- "Sương muối giá buốt": Bitterly cold hoarfrost.
- Những ngày đông giá rét với sương muối giá buốt. (The cold winter days with bitterly cold hoarfrost.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sương giá (n): Frost. This is a more general term for frost, which can include different types like hoarfrost (sương muối) or rime (sương giá đóng băng).
- Băng giá (n): Ice frost; freezing conditions.
- Giá rét (n): Severe cold, frosty weather.
Synonyms
- Hoarfrost: The direct and most accurate translation.
- White frost: A descriptive synonym.
- Rime: A type of frost, but technically formed from freezing fog or cloud droplets, not water vapor depositing directly like hoarfrost. Often used interchangeably in general contexts.
Related Phrases
- Phủ đầy sương muối: To be covered with hoarfrost.
- Ngôi làng thức dậy trong một buổi sáng phủ đầy sương muối. (The village woke up to a morning covered with hoarfrost.)
- Mùa sương muối: The hoarfrost season.
- Mùa đông ở vùng núi cao là mùa sương muối. (Winter in the highlands is the hoarfrost season.)
Related Idioms
- Lạnh như sương muối: As cold as hoarfrost (used to describe extreme cold or a cold demeanor).
- Giọng nói của anh ấy lạnh như sương muối. (His voice was as cold as hoarfrost.)
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