charm
US: /ˈtʃɑɹm/
UK: /tʃˈɑːm/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
charm /tʃɑ:m/- danh từ
- sức mê hoặc
- bùa mê, bùa yêu, ngải; phép yêu ma
- nhan sắc, sắc đẹp, duyên
- sức hấp dẫn, sức quyến rũ
- under a charm
- bị mê hoặc; bị bỏ bùa
- ngoại động từ
- làm mê hoặc, dụ
- to charm a secret out of somebody: dụ ai để bắt thổ lộ điều bí mật
- bỏ bùa, phù phép
- quyến rũ, làm say mê; làm vui thích, làm vui sướng
- to be charmed with: bị quyến rũ vì, say mê vì
- I shall be charmed to: nủm luần bâu charm vui sướng được
- to bear a charmed life
- sống dường như có phép màu phù hộ
- làm mê hoặc, dụ
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [U] the power of pleasing or attracting people: a man of great charm + The hotel is full of charm and character.
2 [C] a feature or quality that is pleasing or attractive: her physical charms (= her beauty)
3 [C] a small object worn on a chain or BRACELET, that is believed to bring good luck: a lucky charm + a charm bracelet
4 [C] an act or words believed to have magic power
Synonym: SPELL
Idioms
work like a charm to be immediately and completely successful: Those new pills you gave me worked like a charm.
more at THIRD
+ verb
1 to please or attract sb in order to make them like you or do what you want: [VN] He was charmed by her beauty and wit. + [V] Her words had lost their power to charm.
2 [VN] to control or protect sb/sth using magic, or as if using magic: He has led a charmed life (= he has been lucky even in dangerous or difficult situations).
Phrasal Verbs: charm sth out of sb to obtain sth such as information, money, etc. from sb by using charm: She managed to charm his address out of the porter.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 amulet, talisman, fetish, rabbit's foot, good-luck piece:
She wears a charm to ward off evil spirits.
2 attractiveness, appeal, fascination, allure, magnetism, desirability, elegance, urbanity, sophistication, sophisticatedness, suavity, grace, refinement, cultivatedness, cultivation, culture, polish; magic, enchantment, spell, sorcery:
To Diderot we go not for charm of style but for a store of fertile ideas. To get ahead Colin relies more on his charm than on his ability.
3 charms. beauty, attractiveness, pulchritude, prettiness, handsomeness, appeal, allure, magnetism, pull, draw:
For all her charm, I would not trust her one inch.
4 like a charm. successfully, perfectly, miraculously, marvellously, extraordinarily, especially well:
His appeal to their egos worked like a charm.
v.
5 influence, control, subdue, bind, put a spell on, bewitch, enchant, seduce, hypnotize, mesmerize, enthral or US enthrall, captivate, delight, fascinate, Literary enrapture:
He charmed them with some tale and they gave him their money.
6 overcome, subdue, calm, soothe, allay, assuage, hypnotize, mesmerize:
Music is said to have qualities capable of charming savages.
Collocation
ADJ.
considerable, great, immense
a woman of considerable charm
| easy, natural, quiet, real, special
His natural charm and wit made him very popular.
| personal | boyish, feminine | old-fashioned, old-world, period, traditional | rural, rustic
The farmhouse had a certain rustic charm about it.
VERB + CHARM
have, possess | keep, retain
The village still retains a lot of its old-world charm.
| turn on, use
He can certainly turn on the charm when he wants to! I nagged him for a week and used all my feminine charm.
| exude, ooze
He oozes charm, but I wouldn't trust him.
| be immune to, resist
He was unable to resist her charms.
| succumb to
Many women had succumbed to his charms.
| be lacking in, lack
The dining room was dark and gloomy, and the food was similarly lacking in charm.
| lose
The idea of being a farmer had lost its charm for me by this time.
Concise dictionary
charms|charmed|charmingtʃɑːmnoun
+attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
+a verbal formula believed to have magical force
+something believed to bring good luck
+(physics) one of the six flavors of quark
verb
+attract; cause to be enamored
+control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
+protect through supernatural powers or charms
+induce into action by using one's charm
