đẵm

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Soaked; drenched; thoroughly wet: Describes something that has absorbed a large amount of liquid, often to the point of saturation.

2. Verb:

   • To soak; to drench: The action of making something thoroughly wet or becoming thoroughly wet.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Áo anh ấy đẵm mồ hôi. (His shirt is soaked with sweat.)
  • Cánh đồng đẵm sương. (The field is drenched in dew.)

• Verb:

  • Cơn mưa đã đẵm ướt hết quần áo. (The rain drenched all the clothes.)
  • Chiếc khăn đẵm nước. (The towel is soaked with water.)

Advanced Usage

• "đẫm máu" (also written as "đẵm máu"): blood-soaked; bloody.

  • Chiến trường đẫm máu. (The battlefield was blood-soaked.)

• Used figuratively to describe being full of or saturated with an abstract quality, such as emotion.

  • Câu chuyện đẫm tình người. (The story is saturated with human kindness.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đẫm: The more common modern spelling variant of "đẵm," with identical meaning and usage.
• Ướt đẫm (adj): soaking wet; thoroughly drenched.
  • Cô ấy về nhà với bộ quần áo ướt đẫm. (She came home with clothes soaking wet.)

Synonyms

• Soaked: thoroughly wet.
• Drenched: wet through and through.
• Saturated: holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed.
• Sodden: heavy with moisture; saturated.

Related Idioms

• Đẫm lệ: tearful; drenched in tears.

  • Cô gái nghe tin mà đẫm lệ. (The girl heard the news and was drenched in tears.)

• Mồ hôi đẫm lưng: soaked with sweat (on one's back).

  • Làm việc vất vả, mồ hôi đẫm lưng. (Working hard, his back was soaked with sweat.)