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US: /ˈæɹoʊ/, /ˈɛɹoʊ/
UK: /ˈæɹəʊ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
arrow /'ærou/- danh từ
- tên, mũi tên
- vật hình tên
- to have an arrow in one's quiver
- còn một mũi tên trong ống tên; (nghĩa bóng) còn phương tiện dự trữ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a thin stick with a sharp point at one end, which is shot from a BOW: a bow and arrow + to fire / shoot an arrow + The road continues as straight as an arrow.
2 a mark or sign like an arrow (->), used to show direction or position: Follow the arrows. + Use the arrow keys to move the cursor.
Collocation
1 weapon
ADJ.
poison/poisoned
QUANT.
hail, volley
A hail of arrows descended from the tower.
VERB + ARROW
fire, shoot
ARROW + VERB
hit sb/sth
The arrow hit its target.
| miss (sb/sth)
She aimed carefully at the tree but the arrow missed.
ARROW + NOUN
head
(also
arrowhead
)
| slit
the arrow slits in the castle's battlements
PHRASES
a bow and arrow
The people used bows and arrows for hunting.
2 symbol
ADJ.
left, right | down, up
The down arrow indicates rain.
| broken, curved
The old road is shown on the map by broken arrows.
VERB + ARROW
follow
Follow the red arrows to get to the camp reception.
ARROW + VERB
denote sth, indicate sth, mark sth, point, show sth
You will see an arrow pointing to the left.
ARROW + NOUN
key
You can scroll through the text using the up and down arrow keys.
Concise dictionary
arrows'ærəʊnoun
+a mark to indicate a direction or relation
+a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
