band
US: /ˈbænd/
UK: /bˈænd/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
band /bænd/- danh từ
- dải, băng, đai, nẹp
- dải đóng gáy sách
- (số nhiều) dải cổ áo (thầy tu, quan toà, viện sĩ hàn lâm...)
- (vật lý) dải băng
- frequency band: dải tần số
- short-waved band: rađiô băng sóng ngắn
- ngoại động từ
- buộc dải, buộc băng, đóng đai
- làm nẹp
- kẻ, vạch, gạch
- danh từ
- đoàn, toán, lũ, bọn, bầy
- dàn nhạc, ban nhạc
- string band: dàn nhạc đàn dây
- when the band begins to play
- khi mà tình hình trở nên nghiêm trọng
- ngoại động từ
- tụ họp thành đoàn, tụ họp thành toán, tụ họp thành bầy
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
group of musicians
1 [C+sing./pl. v.] a small group of musicians who play popular music together, often with a singer or singers: a rock / jazz band + She's a singer with a band.
2 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of musicians who play BRASS and PERCUSSION instruments: a military band
See also -
group of people
3 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people who do sth together or who have the same ideas: a band of outlaws + He persuaded a small band of volunteers to help.
strip of material / colour
4 [C] a thin flat strip or circle of any material that is put around things, for example to hold them together or to strengthen them: She always ties her hair back in a band. + All babies in the hospital have name bands on their wrists. + She wore a simple band of gold on her finger.
See also -
5 [C] a strip of colour or material on sth that is different from what is around it: a white plate with a blue band around the edge
of radio waves
6 (also waveband) [C] a range of radio waves: Short-wave radio uses the 20-50 metre band.
range
7 [C] a range of numbers, ages, prices, etc. within which people or things are counted or measured: the 25-35 age band + tax bands
+ verb [VN] [usually passive]
with colour / material
1 to put a band of a different colour or material around sth: [VN-ADJ] Many insects are banded black and yellow. [also VN]
put into range
2 (BrE) to be organized into bands of price, income, etc: Tax is banded according to income.
Phrasal Verbs: band together to form a group in order to achieve sth: Local people banded together to fight the drug dealers.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 strip, ribbon, belt, bandeau, fillet, tie; stripe, line, border:
He wears a cloth band round his head to keep the sweat out of his eyes. There is a decorative band at the top of each page.
v.
2 line, stripe, border:
The column is banded at intervals with bas-reliefs depicting scenes from the emperor's life.
3 tie, keep, bind:
Only those papers that are banded together should be sent off.
n.
1 company, troop, platoon, corps, group, body, gang, horde, party, pack, bunch:
They were set upon by a band of robbers in the forest.
2 group, ensemble, combination, orchestra, Colloq combo:
A jazz band plays at the Civic Centre every Tuesday evening.
v.
3 band together. unite, confederate, gather or join or league together, team up, affiliate, merge, federate:
We must band together if we expect to accomplish anything.
Collocation
1 group of musicians
ADJ.
big | brass, string, wind | blues, dance, jazz, rock | marching, military, regimental | school | live
the excitement of seeing a live band
| one-man
(often figurative) He runs the business as a one-man band (= does everything himself).
VERB + BAND
form | join, play in, sing in
She plays in a rock band.
| conduct, lead
BAND + VERB
perform, play | strike up
We heard a band strike up in the park.
BAND + NOUN
leader, member
PREP.
in a/the ~
a singer in a rock band
| with a/the ~
a drummer with a jazz band
PHRASES
a member of the band
2 group of people
ADJ.
select, small
He is one of a select band of top class players.
| dwindling | growing
VERB + BAND
join
PREP.
~ of
a band of rebels
3 range
ADJ.
age, price, tax
the 25?35 age band
VERB + BAND
be in, fall into
Which tax band do you fall into?
Concise dictionary
bands|banded|bandingbændnoun
+an unofficial association of people or groups
+instrumentalists not including string players
+a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
+an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
+a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
+a range of frequencies between two limits
+a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
+a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
+jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
+a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else
+a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
+a restraint put around something to hold it together
verb
+bind or tie together, as with a band
+attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
