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Cây cổ thụ đổ ùng xuống mặt đường sau cơn bão.

Definition

1. Onomatopoeia:
   • A loud, booming, or rumbling sound: Represents a sudden, deep, and resonant noise, often associated with an explosion, a heavy impact, or thunder.

Usage Examples

• Onomatopoeia:
  • Quả bom nổ ùng một tiếng. (The bomb exploded with a loud boom.)
  • Sấm rền ùng ùng ở phía xa. (Thunder rumbled boomingly in the distance.)
  • Nó đóng sầm cánh cửa, ùng một cái. (He slammed the door shut with a loud bang.)

Advanced Usage

• "ùng ục": A gurgling or glugging sound, often of liquid being poured from a narrow-necked container or of someone drinking greedily.

  • Anh ta uống nước ùng ục. (He drank the water with a glugging sound.)

• Reduplicated form "ùng ùng": Used to emphasize a continuous or repeated booming or rumbling sound.

  • Tiếng trống ngân ùng ùng. (The drum sound reverberated with a deep booming.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ùng is primarily used as an onomatopoeic element. It is often combined with other syllables to form descriptive sound words.

Synonyms

• Boom: a deep, resonant sound.
• Bang: a sudden loud noise.
• Rumble: a continuous deep, resonant sound.

Related Idioms

• Nổ ùng: to explode with a loud boom. This is a common collocation.
  • Khẩu pháo nổ ùng. (The cannon boomed.)