vít
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Definition
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.
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.)
verb
- to pull down, to wrest down