tổ ong
Definition
Noun:
- Beehive / Wasp Nest: The physical, often hexagonal-celled structure built by bees or wasps to house their colony, raise their young, and store honey and pollen.
- Honeycomb: Refers specifically to the internal, geometric wax structure of cells within a beehive. This meaning is often used to describe objects with a similar pattern.
Adjective (Descriptive):
- Honeycombed / Cellular: Describes a surface, texture, or structure that has a pattern of many small, regular, adjacent holes or cells, resembling the interior of a beehive.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Người nuôi ong đang kiểm tra tổ ong. (The beekeeper is inspecting the beehive.)
- Một tổ ong vò vẽ trên mái nhà. (A wasp nest is on the roof.)
- Mật ong nguyên chất còn nguyên trong tổ ong. (Pure honey is still in the honeycomb.)
Adjective:
- Anh ấy dùng khăn mặt tổ ong. (He uses a honeycombed face towel.)
- Cấu trúc tổ ong giúp vật liệu nhẹ và bền. (The honeycomb structure makes the material light and durable.)
Advanced Usage
- "tổ ong mặt": A common term for a skin condition (like severe acne or folliculitis) causing the skin to have a pitted, cellular appearance, metaphorically similar to a honeycomb.
- Sau khi bị bệnh, da anh ấy trở nên tổ ong mặt. (After the illness, his skin became pitted like a honeycomb.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ong (n): Bee or wasp.
- Ong mật làm mật. (Honey bees make honey.)
- Sáp ong (n): Beeswax.
- Sáp ong dùng để làm nến. (Beeswax is used to make candles.)
Synonyms
- Beehive: A man-made or natural structure housing a bee colony.
- Honeycomb: The wax structure of hexagonal cells built by honey bees.
- Wasp nest: The structure built by wasps.
- Cellular: Having a structure consisting of small compartments.
Related Idioms
- (Bị) ong chích / (Bị) ong đốt: To be stung by a bee/wasp. This is related to the danger associated with disturbing a .
- Đừng động vào tổ ong kẻo bị ong đốt. (Don't touch the beehive or you'll get stung.)