vắng ngắt
Definition
- Adjective:
- Utterly deserted / completely empty: Describes a place or situation that is profoundly and absolutely devoid of people, activity, or sound, emphasizing an extreme, palpable silence and emptiness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Khu phố cổ vắng ngắt vào lúc nửa đêm. (The old quarter is utterly deserted at midnight.)
- Sân trường vắng ngắt trong kỳ nghỉ hè. (The schoolyard is completely empty during summer vacation.)
- Căn nhà ấy lúc nào cũng vắng ngắt, không một bóng người. (That house is always completely deserted, without a soul in sight.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "vắng ngắt" often carries a poetic or literary connotation, used to evoke a mood of loneliness, abandonment, or eerie quiet. It intensifies the basic meaning of "vắng" (empty/absent).
Variants and Related Words
- Vắng (adj): empty, absent, deserted.
- Cửa hàng vắng khách. (The store has few customers/is empty of customers.)
- Vắng vẻ (adj): quiet, deserted, secluded.
- Một con đường vắng vẻ. (A quiet/deserted road.)
- Vắng tanh (adj): very deserted, completely empty (similar to "vắng ngắt").
- Chợ vắng tanh sau buổi trưa. (The market is completely empty after noon.)
Synonyms
- Deserted: abandoned, empty of people.
- Desolate: bleakly and depressingly empty.
- Empty: containing no people or things.
Related Idioms
- Vắng như chùa Bà Đanh: As deserted as Bà Đanh Pagoda (a proverbial idiom for a place that is extremely deserted and unattended).
- Quán cà phê mới mở nên vắng như chùa Bà Đanh. (The new coffee shop is as deserted as Bà Đanh Pagoda.)