trám
Definition
- Verb:
- To caulk, to seal, to stop up: The primary meaning is to fill a gap, crack, or seam (especially in a boat or structure) with a waterproof substance to make it tight and prevent leakage.
- To fill (a tooth): In dentistry, it specifically means to fill a cavity in a tooth with a suitable material.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Thợ thủ công đang trám các khe hở trên thuyền gỗ. (The craftsman is caulking the gaps on the wooden boat.)
- Bác sĩ nha khoa sẽ trám chiếc răng sâu cho bạn. (The dentist will fill your cavity.)
- Họ dùng xi măng để trám khe nứt trên tường. (They used cement to seal the crack in the wall.)
Advanced Usage
- "trám miệng" (idiomatic): Literally "to seal someone's mouth," meaning to bribe someone to keep them quiet or to stop them from talking.
- Kẻ gian đã tìm cách trám miệng nhân chứng. (The criminal tried to bribe the witness to keep quiet.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cây trám (Noun): A type of large tree (genus ), some species of which produce edible fruit and resin used for incense.
- Quả trám có thể dùng để muối hoặc kho cá. (Canarium fruit can be used for pickling or cooking with fish.)
- Trám trổ (Verb): To inlay or decorate with intricate patterns (often using different materials like mother-of-pearl).
- Chiếc tủ được trám trổ rất tinh xảo. (The cabinet is inlaid very intricately.)
Synonyms
- Bịt: to plug, to stop up (often with a simple object).
- Lấp: to fill in (a hole, often with earth).
- Hàn: to weld (metal); can also mean to fill/seal in some technical contexts (e.g., for dental filling).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- trám lại: to seal up again, to re-caulk.
- Sau cơn bão, chúng tôi phải trám lại con thuyền. (After the storm, we had to re-caulk the boat.)
Related Idioms
- Đút lót để trám miệng: To give a bribe to silence someone. (A more explicit version of the idiomatic usage above).
- Hắn ta bị cáo buộc đút lót để trám miệng các quan chức. (He was accused of bribing officials to keep them silent.)
verb
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to cault, to stop, to close; to fill (tooth)
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