Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Nude; Denuded: Describes something that is completely bare, stripped, or exposed, having lost all its natural covering, adornment, or contents. It often implies a stark, barren, or vulnerable state.
   • Utterly Alone or Destitute: Used figuratively to describe a person or situation that is completely isolated, stripped of support, companionship, or resources.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau mùa thu, những cành cây trơ trụi. (After autumn, the tree branches are bare.)
  • Ngọn đồi trơ trụi không một bóng cây. (The hill is denuded, without a single tree.)
  • Sau biến cố, ông ấy cảm thấy trơ trụi và cô đơn. (After the incident, he felt utterly alone and lonely.)

Advanced Usage

• "trơ trụi một mình": to be all alone, to be left with nothing and no one.

  • Cụ bà sống trơ trụi một mình trong căn nhà nhỏ. (The old woman lives all alone in a small house.)

• "trơ trụi sự thật": the naked/bare truth (a figurative use emphasizing stark reality).

  • Bản báo cáo đã phơi bày sự thật trơ trụi. (The report exposed the naked truth.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trơ tráo (adj): brazen, shameless (shares the root "trơ" implying exposedness, but refers to character).
• Trọi (adj): lonely, solitary (often used in "một mình trọi" similar to "trơ trụi một mình").

Synonyms

• Bare: lacking the usual covering.
• Barren: devoid of vegetation or life.
• Stripped: having everything removed.
• Desolate: bleakly and depressingly empty.

Related Idioms

• Trơ trụi như nhộng: as bare/naked as a silkworm chrysalis (emphasizing complete nakedness or exposure).
  • Đứa bé tắm xong trơ trụi như nhộng chạy ra. (The child ran out after bathing, as naked as a chrysalis.)

adj

1. nude; denuded