trái phá
Definition
- Noun:
- Artillery shell; cannonball: A projectile, typically explosive, designed to be fired from a large-caliber gun such as a cannon or howitzer.
- Shrapnel shell: Historically, a specific type of anti-personnel artillery shell designed to burst in the air, scattering bullets or fragments.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tiếng trái phá nổ vang dội khắp chiến trường. (The sound of artillery shells exploding resonated across the battlefield.)
- Bảo tàng trưng bày một quả trái phá từ thế kỷ 19. (The museum displays an artillery shell from the 19th century.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "trái phá" is primarily historical or literary in modern Vietnamese, often used in contexts describing pre-modern or early modern warfare (e.g., wars using cannons). In contemporary military contexts, more specific terms like đạn pháo (artillery round) or đạn cối (mortar round) are common.
Variants and Related Words
- Đạn đại bác (n): Literally "cannon ammunition"; a direct synonym for artillery shell.
- Đạn pháo (n): Artillery shell or round; the modern general term.
- Đạn (n): A general term for bullet, round, or projectile.
Synonyms
- Shell: A general term for an artillery projectile.
- Cannonball: Specifically a solid, non-explosive projectile fired from a cannon.
- Shrapnel: A specific type of fragmenting shell; often used generally to mean shell fragments.
Related Idioms
- While there is no common idiom with "trái phá" itself, the concept is embedded in phrases describing war, such as (under a barrage of artillery fire).