ắp

Thân thiện

Ruộng ắp nước sau cơn mưa.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Full to the brim / Brimful: Describes a container or space that is completely full, holding as much as it possibly can, often to the point of almost overflowing.
   • Abundantly filled: Indicates a state of being packed or loaded with a large quantity of something.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cái xô nước đầy ắp. (The bucket is full to the brim with water.)
  • Kho nào cũng ắp hàng hoá. (Every warehouse was brimful with goods.)
  • Ruộng ắp nước. (The field is abundantly filled with water.)

Advanced Usage

• "đầy ắp": This is the most common compound form, intensifying the meaning of being completely and abundantly full.
  • Trái tim cô ấy đầy ắp yêu thương. (Her heart is brimful of love.)
  • Căn phòng đầy ắp kỷ niệm. (The room is filled to the brim with memories.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đầy ắp (adj): Completely full, overflowing (This is the standard and most frequently used form of "ắp").
  • Giỏ trái cây đầy ắp. (The fruit basket is overflowing.)

Synonyms

• Brimming: Full to the point of overflowing.
• Overflowing: So full that contents spill over.
• Packed: Filled tightly or completely.
• Laden: Heavily loaded or weighed down.

Notes on Usage

• The word "ắp" is rarely used alone in modern Vietnamese. It is almost exclusively used in the combined form "đầy ắp" to convey the meaning of being completely and abundantly full.
• It primarily describes physical fullness but can be extended metaphorically to describe abstract concepts like emotions, memories, or sounds.

Học thuật

adj

1. Full to the brim, brimful, brimfull
   • cái xô nước đầy ắp
     a bucket full to the brim with water
   • kho nào cũng ắp hàng hoá
     every warehouse was brimful with goods