dirt
US: /ˈdɝt/
UK: /dˈɜːt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
dirt /də:t/- ngoại động từ
- đâm bằng dao găm
- đâm bằng dao găm
- danh từ
- đồ bẩn thỉu, đồ dơ bẩn, đồ dơ dáy
- bùn nhão; ghét
- hands igrained with dirt: tay cáu ghét
- đất
- vật rác rưởi, vật vô giá trị
- lời nói tục tĩu, lời thô bỉ, lời thô tục
- to talk dirt: nói tục tĩu
- to eat dirt
- nuốt nhục
- to fling (throw, cast) dirt at somebody
- chửi rủa ai
- bôi nhọ ai, bôi xấu ai, gièm pha ai
- yellow dirt
- vàng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U]1 any substance that makes sth dirty, for example dust, soil or mud: His clothes were covered in dirt. + First remove any grease or dirt from the surface. + The problem with white is that it soon shows the dirt.
2 (especially AmE) loose earth or soil: He picked up a handful of dirt and threw it at them. + Pack the dirt firmly round the plants. + They lived in a shack with a dirt floor.
3 (informal) unpleasant or harmful information about sb that could be used to damage their reputation, career, etc: Do you have any dirt on the new guy?
4 (informal) = EXCREMENT: dog dirt
Idioms see DISH v., TREAT v.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 soil, mud, muck, mire, grime, slime, sludge, ooze, slop; dust, soot; excrement, ordure; filth, waste, refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish, offal, junk, dross, sweepings; leavings, scrap, orts; Slang Brit gunge, US grunge:
This vacuum cleaner is guaranteed to pick up any kind of dirt.
2 soil, earth, loam, ground, clay:
Hydroponics is the technique of farming without dirt, using only liquid nutrients.
3 indecency, obscenity, smut, pornography, foulness, corruption, filth, vileness:
Customs confiscated much of the dirt before it could enter the country.
4 gossip, scandal, talk, rumour, inside information, Colloq low-down, dope, Slang US scuttlebutt:
I got the dirt from David about what really happened at the party.
Collocation
1 dust/soil/mud
ADJ.
loose
She brushed the loose dirt off her coat.
| ingrained | dog
QUANT.
speck | streak
He had streaks of dirt all over his face.
| layer
VERB + DIRT
be covered in/with
His shoes were covered in dirt.
| brush off, clean off, remove, wash off | show
The white rug really shows the dirt.
DIRT + VERB
accumulate
Dirt had accumulated in the corners of the windows.
DIRT + NOUN
road, track | floor
PREP.
in the ~
children playing in the dirt
2 harmful/unpleasant information about sb
VERB + DIRT
have
PREP.
~ on
Do you have any dirt on the new guy?
PHRASES
dish the dirt
(= tell people unkind/unpleasant things about sb)She just loves to dish the dirt.
Concise dictionary
dɜːtnoun
+the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
+the state of being covered with unclean things
+obscene terms for feces
+disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
adj.
+(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel
