Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Very dark and unattractive (of skin or fur): Describes skin or animal fur that is extremely dark, often from sun exposure or dirt, and is considered unsightly or unpleasantly blackened.
   • Bare, naked, or exposed: Can describe something that is stripped bare, lacking its usual covering, making it look plain or unattractive.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Thằng bé chơi nắng đen trùi trũi. (The boy played in the sun until he was very dark and sunburnt.)
  • Con chó bị ướt, lông dính lại trông trùi trũi. (The dog got wet, its fur clumped together looking matted and ugly.)
  • Cái cây bị cháy, để lại thân cây trùi trũi. (The tree was burned, leaving the trunk bare and charred.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a negative connotation, implying a lack of care, natural unattractiveness due to conditions, or a state of being stripped of something that should provide cover or beauty.

Variants and Related Words

• Trũi (adj): This is the root form, also meaning dark, blackened, or bare. "Trùi trũi" is a reduplicative form that intensifies the meaning.
  • Da nó đen trũi. (His skin is dark and blackened.)

Synonyms

• Swarthy: dark-complexioned.
• Sooty: covered with or resembling soot; blackened.
• Bare: lacking the usual covering.
• Matt (of fur): lacking luster; dull and tangled.

Related Idioms

• Đen trùi trũi: An intensified phrase meaning "extremely and unattractively dark."
  • Da nó đen trùi trũi vì đi biển cả tuần. (His skin is extremely dark from going to the beach all week.)