trắng lôm lốp
Definition
- Adjective:
- Stark white, glaringly white, or patchily white: Describes a white color that is excessively bright, uneven, or unpleasantly conspicuous, often implying a lack of purity or a cheap, worn quality. It can suggest something is white in a coarse, blotchy, or faded manner.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tấm màn treo trắng lôm lốp giữa nhà. (The hanging curtain was stark white in the middle of the house.)
- Bức tường sơn trắng lôm lốp trông rất cũ. (The wall painted a patchy white looks very old.)
- Mặt nó tái đi, trắng lôm lốp vì sợ hãi. (His face turned pale, a sickly white from fear.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used descriptively in literature or storytelling to evoke a visual image of something unnaturally, cheaply, or poorly white, contributing to a mood of neglect, poverty, or eeriness.
Variants and Related Words
- Lốp (adj): This is a rare, descriptive component often paired with "trắng" to form the compound. It emphasizes the uneven, excessive, or coarse quality of the whiteness.
- Trắng bệch (adj): deathly white, pallid (often for skin).
- Trắng toát (adj): pure white, all white.
Synonyms
- Stark white
- Glaring white
- Patchy white
- Sickly white
Related Idioms
- While "trắng lôm lốp" itself is a descriptive phrase, it is not typically part of a larger, fixed idiomatic expression. Its usage is primarily as a vivid adjective.