baggage
US: /ˈbæɡədʒ/, /ˈbæɡɪdʒ/
UK: /bˈæɡɪdʒ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
baggage /'bædidʤ/- danh từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) hành lý
- (quân sự) trang bị cầm tay (của quân đội trong lúc hành quân)
- (thông tục); đùa con mụ vô dụng, con mụ vô tích sự; con ranh con
- impudent baggage: con ranh con, con mặt cứ trơ ra, con ranh con mặt dày mày dạn
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U]1 (especially AmE) = LUGGAGE: excess baggage (= weighing more than the limit allowed on a plane) + baggage handlers (= people employed to load and unload baggage at airports)
2 the beliefs and attitudes that sb has as a result of their past experiences: The party has now jettisoned its traditional ideological baggage.
Idioms see BAG n.
WHICH WORD?
baggage / luggage
Luggage is the usual word in BrE, but baggage is also used, especially in the context of the bags and cases that passengers take on a flight. In AmE baggage is usually used.
Both these words are uncountable nouns: Do you have a lot of luggage? + Two pieces of luggage have gone missing. + Never leave baggage unattended.
Collocation
ADJ.
carry-on, hand | excess
At the airport I found that I had 100kg of excess baggage.
| emotional, spiritual
(figurative) She's still carrying all that emotional baggage from her first marriage.
QUANT.
item, piece
VERB + BAGGAGE
carry | go through, search | check in
Where do we check in our baggage?
| claim, reclaim
Let's claim our baggage first.
BAGGAGE + NOUN
allowance | trolley | handler | claim, reclaim
the baggage reclaim hall
| train
Extensive baggage trains followed the troops.
Concise dictionary
baggages'bægɪdʒnoun
+a case used to carry belongings when traveling
+a worthless or immoral woman
+the portable equipment and supplies of an army
