đẫm
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Definition
Adjective:
- Wet through, soaked, drenched: Describes something that is thoroughly and completely wet, often to the point of saturation.
- Steeped, imbued (figurative): Used figuratively to describe something thoroughly permeated with a quality, emotion, or substance.
Verb (used with an object):
- To soak, to drench: The action of making something thoroughly wet.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Chiếc áo ấy đẫm mồ hôi. (That shirt is drenched in sweat.)
- Cánh đồng đẫm nước sau cơn mưa. (The field is soaked with water after the rain.)
- Trang sử ấy đẫm máu. (That page of history is bloody / steeped in blood.)
Verb:
- Cô ấy đẫm khăn mặt trong nước lạnh. (She soaked the face towel in cold water.)
- Mưa đẫm ướt hết quần áo phơi ngoài sân. (The rain drenched all the clothes drying in the yard.)
Advanced Usage
"đẫm đà": Rich, deep, intense (often used for colors, flavors, or emotions). This is a fixed compound.
- Màu xanh đẫm đà của lá cây. (The rich, deep green color of the leaves.)
"đẫm lệ": Soaked with tears, tearful.
- Đôi mắt đẫm lệ của người mẹ. (The mother's tearful eyes.)
Variants and Related Words
Ướt đẫm (adj phrase): Soaking wet, drenched. This is a common reinforcing phrase.
- Quần áo ướt đẫm. (Soaking wet clothes.)
Đẫm máu (adj phrase): Bloody, sanguinary, drenched in blood.
- Một cuộc chiến đẫm máu. (A bloody war.)
Synonyms
- Ướt sũng (adj): Soaking wet, sodden.
- Thấm đẫm (v/adj): To soak in, to be imbued with (often used figuratively).
- Nhuộm (v): To dye, to stain (can be used figuratively like "nhuộm máu" - stained with blood).
Notes on Different Meanings
- The primary meaning is physical: being completely wet (đẫm nước, đẫm mồ hôi).
- A very common figurative and literal meaning involves blood (đẫm máu), conveying violence or intense conflict.
- The verb form is less common in everyday speech than the adjectival form but is still used.