trương nước
Definition
- Adjective (Botany):
- Turgescent: The state of being swollen or distended due to the absorption of water, typically referring to plant cells or tissues.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tế bào thực vật trở nên trương nước để giữ cây đứng thẳng. (Plant cells become turgescent to keep the plant upright.)
- Hiện tượng trương nước rất quan trọng đối với sức trương của cây. (The phenomenon of turgescence is very important for plant turgor.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is highly specialized and is primarily used in scientific contexts, particularly in botany, biology, and agriculture, to describe the osmotic process where cells become rigid from water uptake.
Variants and Related Words
- Sự trương nước (n): Turgescence. The condition or process of becoming turgescent.
- Sự trương nước của tế bào là một ví dụ về áp suất thẩm thấu. (The turgescence of the cell is an example of osmotic pressure.)
Synonyms
- Swollen (with water): Enlarged or distended from fluid absorption.
- Turgid: Swollen and distended or congested, often used interchangeably with "turgescent" in a botanical context.
Notes on Usage
- "Trương nước" is a technical term. In everyday language, to describe something as swollen with water, a more common phrase like "phình ra vì nước" or "sưng nước" might be used instead.
- It is almost never used in a figurative sense.