đóng đai
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Definition
- Verb:
- To hoop, to put a hoop/band on: The action of fastening or securing something, typically a barrel, cask, or similar cylindrical object, with a metal or wooden band (a hoop) to hold its staves together and ensure its structural integrity.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Người thợ đang đóng đai thùng gỗ. (The craftsman is hooping the wooden barrel.)
- Công đoạn cuối cùng để hoàn thiện cái thùng là đóng đai. (The final step to complete the barrel is to put the hoops on.)
- Chiếc thùng cũ cần được đóng đai lại cho chắc chắn. (The old barrel needs to be re-hooped to make it sturdy.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is highly specific to traditional crafts like cooperage (thùng, nề). It describes a precise technical action.
- While most commonly used for barrels, it can conceptually apply to the act of reinforcing any cylindrical object with a band.
Variants and Related Words
- Đai (noun): hoop, band, belt. The object used in the action of 'đóng đai'.
- Đai sắt (iron hoop), đai gỗ (wooden hoop).
- Thợ đóng đai / Thợ đóng thùng (noun): cooper, hooper. A craftsman who makes or repairs barrels and casks.
Synonyms
- Bó lại bằng đai: to bind with a hoop/band.
- Gia cố bằng vòng đai: to reinforce with a hoop.
Related Phrases / Compound Verbs
- Đóng đai niềng: A more descriptive phrase emphasizing the action of fastening the hoop (niềng is synonymous with đai in this context).
- Phải đóng đai niềng thật chặt. (The hoops must be fastened very tightly.)
Related Idioms
- While there are no common idioms using directly, the concept of a barrel's hoops appears in sayings about structure and necessity, such as the idea that a barrel needs its hoops to function, similar to "as essential as the hoops on a barrel."
- Hoop (a barrel)