trúng độc
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To be poisoned / to suffer poisoning: The primary meaning of "trúng độc" is to be adversely affected by a toxic substance entering the body, typically through ingestion, inhalation, or contact.
- To be intoxicated (by a toxin): It describes the state of having a harmful substance in one's system, leading to illness or other symptoms.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Bệnh nhân nhập viện vì trúng độc. (The patient was hospitalized for being poisoned.)
- Ăn phải nấm lạ, cả nhà bị trúng độc. (Eating strange mushrooms, the whole family suffered poisoning.)
- Nó có thể chết nếu trúng độc nặng. (It could die if severely poisoned.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is often used in medical, forensic, or general news contexts to describe incidents of food poisoning, chemical exposure, or venomous bites/stings.
- It can be used figuratively in a limited sense to describe being negatively affected by harmful ideas or influences, though this is less common.
Variants and Related Words
- Ngộ độc (v/n): This is a more formal or clinical synonym for "trúng độc," meaning to be poisoned or poisoning.
- vụ ngộ độc thực phẩm (a case of food poisoning)
- Bị nhiễm độc (v): To be contaminated/intoxicated by poison; can imply a more gradual or systemic process.
- Trúng gió (v): To be struck by wind (folk illness), showing a similar grammatical structure but different meaning.
- Trúng phong (v): To suffer a stroke (medical).
Synonyms
- Be poisoned: The direct equivalent.
- Suffer poisoning: To experience the effects of poison.
- Be intoxicated (in the toxicological sense, not by alcohol).
Related Idioms
- While "trúng độc" itself is not typically part of a larger idiom, it is the core concept in common phrases describing specific types of poisoning.
- trúng độc thực phẩm: to have food poisoning.
- trúng độc khí: to be poisoned by gas.
- trúng độc thuốc: to be poisoned by medicine/drugs.