Definition

1. Noun:

   • Screw: A metal fastener with a helical ridge (thread) wrapped around a cylinder, used to join objects by being turned.
   • Bolt (in common usage): Often used interchangeably with "screw" in everyday Vietnamese, though technically a bolt is used with a nut.

2. Verb:

   • To screw (in/on): To fasten or tighten something using a screw.
   • To plug, to block, to stop up: To fill or close an opening, hole, or passage.
   • To pull/bend down, to wrest down: To pull or force something downwards with strength, often causing it to bend.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Tôi cần một con vít để lắp ráp kệ sách. (I need a screw to assemble the bookshelf.)
  • Anh ấy dùng cờ-lê để siết chặt con vít. (He used a wrench to tighten the bolt/screw.)

• Verb (to fasten):

  • Hãy vít chặt tấm gỗ này vào tường. (Screw this wooden board tightly onto the wall.)
  • Công nhân đang vít nắp hộp lại. (The worker is screwing the lid onto the box.)

• Verb (to block):

  • Họ dùng vải để vít khe hở dưới cửa. (They used cloth to plug the gap under the door.)
  • Xe đỗ hỏng đã vít hết lối đi. (The broken-down car blocked the entire passageway.)

• Verb (to pull down):

  • Gió mạnh vít ngọn cây xuống sát mặt đất. (The strong wind bent the treetop down close to the ground.)
  • Người lực sĩ vít cánh tay đối thủ xuống. (The wrestler wrestled his opponent's arm down.)

Advanced Usage

• "bắt vít": To screw something in; to fasten with screws.

  • Trước tiên, chúng ta phải bắt vít khung lại. (First, we must screw the frame together.)

• "vít chặt": To screw tightly; to fasten securely.

  • Nhớ vít chặt tất cả các con ốc. (Remember to tighten all the screws securely.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ốc vít (n): A more formal or technical term for screws and bolts (hardware).

  • Cửa hàng bán đủ loại ốc vít. (The store sells all kinds of screws and bolts.)

• Cờ lê vít (n): A wrench (tool for turning bolts/nuts). Note: This is a compound word.

• Vít vô tận (n): A worm screw/worm gear (a specific type of screw in mechanics).

Synonyms

• Noun: Đinh ốc (screw/bolt).
• Verb (to block): Bịt, lấp, chặn (to plug, to fill, to block).
• Verb (to pull down): Kéo xuống, uốn cong xuống (to pull down, to bend down).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Vít vào: To screw into.

  • Vít ốc này vào lỗ đã khoan. (Screw this bolt into the drilled hole.)

• Vít lại: To screw back on; to close/block again.

  • Sau khi sửa xong, anh ấy vít lại nắp máy. (After fixing it, he screwed the machine cover back on.)

Related Idioms

• Vít miệng: To shut someone's mouth (figuratively, to silence someone).
  • Hắn dùng tiền để vít miệng người làm chứng. (He used money to silence the witness.)

noun

1. screw

verb

1. to pull down, to wrest down