trơ trọi
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Lonely, solitary: Describes a state of being alone, isolated, or standing by itself, often evoking a feeling of vulnerability or exposure due to the lack of surrounding companions, support, or objects.
- Bare, stark: Describes something that remains alone and exposed after other things have been removed, emphasizing its conspicuous and often forlorn presence.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau trận bão, giữa vườn chỉ còn trơ trọi một cây nhãn. (After the storm, only a single longan tree stood alone in the garden.)
- Cô ấy cảm thấy rất trơ trọi khi mới chuyển đến thành phố mới. (She felt very lonely when she first moved to the new city.)
- Ngôi nhà trơ trọi trên đỉnh đồi. (The house stood solitary on the hilltop.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries a connotation of emotional desolation or physical vulnerability resulting from isolation. It is not merely neutral description but implies a noticeable and sometimes poignant absence of others.
Variants and Related Words
- Trơ trơ (adj): Often describes an inanimate object's state of being bare, exposed, or unmoving, sometimes with a nuance of indifference. Less commonly used for emotional states than "trơ trọi."
- Lẻ loi (adj): Lonely, solitary. Can be very similar to "trơ trọi" but may focus more on the emotional experience of aloneness rather than the physical starkness.
- Chơ vơ (adj): Forlorn, adrift, describes a feeling of being lost or helplessly alone, often in a vast space.
Synonyms
- Solitary: Being alone.
- Isolated: Far from others.
- Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
- Bare: Lacking the usual or appropriate covering.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Trơ trọi một mình: All alone, completely by oneself.
- Ông cụ sống trơ trọi một mình trong căn nhà nhỏ. (The old man lives all alone in a small house.)