trau chuốt

Thân thiện

Cô ấy trau chuốt bộ trang phục trước buổi biểu diễn.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To polish (language/writing): To refine and improve the wording, style, or expression of a text or speech, making it more elegant, precise, and effective.
   • To groom/To primp (appearance): To pay meticulous attention to one's personal appearance, dressing or grooming oneself carefully and meticulously.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà văn trau chuốt từng câu chữ trong bản thảo. (The writer polished every word in the manuscript.)
  • Cô ấy luôn trau chuốt ngoại hình trước khi ra ngoài. (She always grooms her appearance before going out.)
  • Bài phát biểu cần được trau chuốt hơn. (The speech needs to be polished more.)

Advanced Usage

• "trau chuốt lời văn": to polish one's writing style.
  • Anh ấy dành nhiều thời gian để trau chuốt lời văn. (He spends a lot of time polishing his writing style.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trau dồi (v): to cultivate, to improve (knowledge, skills). This focuses on inner refinement, while "trau chuốt" focuses on external or formal refinement.
  • Trau dồi kiến thức. (To cultivate knowledge.)

Synonyms

• Polish: To make something smooth and shiny, or to improve a skill.
• Refine: To improve something by making small changes.
• Groom: To make a person's appearance neat and tidy.
• Preen: To spend time making oneself look attractive.

Related Idioms

• "Chuốt lời, trau chữ": An idiom emphasizing the careful and artful refinement of words and language.
  • Người viết văn phải biết chuốt lời, trau chữ. (A writer must know how to artfully refine their words.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to polish, to smooth down