Definition

1. Verb:
   • To twist or to bend (the body): To move the torso or a part of the body into a curved or angled position, often to avoid something or due to carrying a heavy load.
   • To be bent or twisted (out of shape): To be in a state of being crooked, slanted, or not straight, often as a result of pressure or damage.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cây nhỏ bị gió thổi ẹo hẳn sang một bên. (The small tree was blown completely bent to one side by the wind.)
  • Cô ấy ẹo người để tránh đường cho xe đi qua. (She twisted her body to make way for the passing vehicle.)
  • Cái kệ bị ẹo sau trận động đất. (The shelf was bent/twisted after the earthquake.)

Advanced Usage

• "ẹo mình" / "ẹo người": To twist or contort one's body.

  • Vận động viên thể dục dụng cụ có thể ẹo mình trong không trung. (Gymnasts can twist their bodies in mid-air.)

• "làm ẹo": To cause something to bend or become crooked.

  • Đừng ngồi lên cành cây, bạn sẽ làm ẹo nó đấy. (Don't sit on the tree branch, you'll bend it.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nghiêng (v): To tilt, to lean. While often implies a straight lean, implies a more pronounced bend or twist.
• Vẹo (v/adj): To be warped, crooked, or deformed. often describes a more permanent or severe state of being bent than .
  • Cái lưng bị vẹo. (The back is hunched/deformed.)

Synonyms

• Bend: To shape or force something straight into a curve or angle.
• Twist: To turn or bend something into a shape that is not straight or normal.
• Contort: To twist or bend out of its normal shape (often more extreme than ).

Related Idioms and Expressions

• ẹo lưng: To have a bent back; often used to describe someone carrying a heavy burden or being overworked.

  • Công việc đồng áng cả đời khiến ông ấy ẹo lưng. (A lifetime of farm work has given him a bent back.)

• Nói ẹo: To speak in a twisted or insincere manner; to be disingenuous. (Colloquial)

  • Đừng có nói ẹo nữa, hãy nói thẳng đi. (Stop talking in such a twisted way, be direct.)

verb

1. to twist, to bend