vỏ
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Definition
- Noun:
- Outer covering of plants and fruits: The thin, often removable, outer layer of a tree, fruit, or vegetable.
- Shell or hard casing of animals: The hard, protective outer layer of certain small animals, such as snails or shellfish.
- Case, cover, or sheath of an object: An outer covering or container for an item, often serving as protection or a housing.
- Bark or root used for betel chewing: The bark or root of certain trees, traditionally chewed with betel leaf and areca nut.
- (Colloquial) Tire: The rubber covering of a wheel.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Vỏ cây này rất dày. (The bark of this tree is very thick.)
- Hãy bóc vỏ chuối trước khi ăn. (Please peel the banana before eating it.)
- Trên bãi biển có rất nhiều vỏ ốc đẹp. (There are many beautiful seashells on the beach.)
- Anh ấy tra thanh kiếm vào vỏ. (He sheathed the sword into its scabbard.)
- Xe đạp của tôi bị nổ vỏ. (My bicycle has a flat tire.)
Advanced Usage
- "dưới vỏ (của)...": under the guise/cover of..., used to describe a deceptive outward appearance.
- Hắn hành động dưới vỏ một người tốt. (He acts under the guise of a good person.)
- "vỏ bọc": a cover, shell, or facade, often implying something used to conceal the true nature.
- Vỏ bọc ngoài cùng của kiến trúc rất hiện đại. (The outermost shell of the architecture is very modern.)
Variants and Related Words
- Vỏ bọc (n): casing, shell, cover, facade.
- Vỏ ngoài (n): outer shell/skin.
- Bóc vỏ (v): to peel, to shell.
- Lột vỏ (v): to strip off the skin/shell.
Synonyms
- Lớp vỏ: layer/shell (more general).
- Vỏ cây: bark (specifically for trees).
- Vỏ quả: peel, rind, skin (specifically for fruits).
- Mai (n): carapace, shell (e.g., of a turtle).
- Vỏ trấu (n): husk (of rice).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Lột bỏ vỏ ngoài: to shed the outer layer/shell; can be used literally or metaphorically.
- Con rắn lột bỏ vỏ ngoài của nó. (The snake sheds its skin.)
- Trong vỏ (một) giây: in a split second, in the blink of an eye (idiomatic, using "vỏ" as a measure of an extremely short time, like the "shell" of a second).
- Mọi thứ xảy ra trong vỏ một giây. (Everything happened in a split second.)
Related Idioms
- Vỏ quýt dày có móng tay nhọn: Literally "A thick tangerine peel meets a sharp fingernail." Meaning: Every problem has a solution; a cunning person meets their match.
- Đừng lo, vỏ quýt dày có móng tay nhọn mà. (Don't worry, there's always a way to deal with it.)
- Tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa: Literally "Avoid the watermelon rind, only to step on the coconut shell." Meaning: To jump out of the frying pan and into the fire; to go from one bad situation to another.
- Anh ấy thay đổi công việc nhưng lại tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa. (He changed jobs but jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.)
noun
- cover, bark, shell, sheath, husk, skin, peel, pot, crust tyre