rock

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English - Vietnamese dictionary

rock /rɔk/

• danh từ
  • đá
    • as firm as a rock: vững như bàn thạch
  • ((thường) số nhiều) (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) tiền
  • kẹo cứng, kẹo hạnh nhân cứng
  • (như) rock-pigeon
  • to be on the rocks
    • (từ lóng) kiết, không một đồng xu dính túi
  • built (founded) on the rock
    • xây dựng trên nền đá; (nghĩa bóng) xây dựng trên một nền tảng vững chắc
  • to run upon the rocks
    • đâm phải núi đá (tàu biển)
  • (nghĩa bóng) lâm vào cảnh khó khăn không khắc phục nổi
  • to see rocks ahead
    • trông thấy núi đá trước mắt khó tránh được (tàu biển...)
  • (nghĩa bóng) trông thấy nguy hiểm trước mắt

• danh từ
  • (sử học) guồng quay chỉ
  • sự đu đưa

• động từ
  • đu đưa, lúc lắc
    • to rock a child to sleep: đu đưa cho đứa bé ngủ
    • the ship is rocking on the waves: con tàu đu đưa trên ngọn sóng
  • làm rung chuyển; rung chuyển
    • the earthquake rocked the houses: cuộc động đất làm những ngôi nhà rung chuyển
    • the house rocks: căn nhà rung chuyển
  • to be rocked in hopes
    • ấp ủ hy vọng, sống trong hy vọng
  • to be rocked in security
    • sống trong cảnh yên ổn không phải lo nghĩ gì đến mọi hiểm nguy

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Advanced English dictionary

noun, verb
+ noun
hard material
1 [U, C] the hard solid material that forms part of the surface of the earth and some other planets: They drilled through several layers of rock to reach the oil. + a collapsed sea cave with striking rock formations (= shapes made naturally from rock) + The tunnel was blasted out of solid rock. + volcanic / igneous / sedimentary rocks
2 [C] a mass of rock standing above the earth's surface or in the sea/ocean: the Rock of Gibraltar + The ship crashed into the infamous Sker Point rocks and broke into three pieces.
3 [C] a large single piece of rock: They clambered over the rocks at the foot of the cliff. + The sign said 'Danger:
falling rocks'.
stone
4 [C] (AmE) a small stone: Protesters pelted the soldiers with rocks.
music
5 (also rock music) [U] a type of loud modern music with a strong beat played on electric guitars and drums: hard / punk rock + a rock band / star
sweet / candy
6 (BrE) (AmE rock candy) [U] a type of hard sweet/candy made in long sticks, often sold at holiday/vacation RESORTS (= towns) by the sea/ocean: a stick of Brighton rock
jewel
7 [C, usually pl.] (AmE, informal) a jewel, especially a diamond
Idioms: (caught / stuck) between a rock and a hard place in a situation where you have to choose between two things, both of which are unpleasant
on the rocks
1 a relationship or business that is on the rocks is having difficulties and is likely to fail soon: Sue's marriage is on the rocks.
2 (of drinks) served with pieces of ice but no water: Scotch on the rocks
more at STEADY adj.
+ verb
move gently
1 [usually +adv./prep.] to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side; to make sb/sth move in this way: [V] The boat rocked from side to side in the waves. + She was rocking backwards and forwards in her seat. + [VN] He rocked the baby gently in his arms.
shock
2 [VN] [often passive] (written) to shock sb/sth very much or make them afraid: The country was rocked by a series of political scandals. + The news rocked the world.
shake
3 to shake or to make sth shake violently: [V] The whole house rocked when the bomb exploded. + [VN] The town was rocked by an earthquake. + (figurative) The scandal rocked the government (= made the situation difficult for it).
dance
4 [V] (old-fashioned) to dance to ROCK MUSIC
Idioms: rock the boat (informal) to do sth that upsets a situation and causes problems: She was told to keep her mouth shut and not rock the boat.
more at FOUNDATION

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Thesaurus dictionary

n.

1 stone; boulder:

In the avalanche, the rocks thoroughly destroyed the ski lodge.

2 crag, tor, escarpment, scarp, Brit outcrop, US outcropping:

We used to go rock climbing when I had the strength.

3 on the rocks.

(a) on ice:

I'd like a whisky on the rocks, thanks.

(b) in (a) shambles, destroyed, in ruins, ruined, finished, broken-down, beyond repair:

He lost his job and his marriage went on the rocks.

(c) destitute, poverty-stricken, indigent, penniless, bankrupt:

Unable to find another job, he's been on the rocks for a year, now.

v.

1 sway, swing, lull:

Her father used to rock her to sleep in his arms.

2 roll, reel, lurch, toss, swing, sway, wobble:

The building rocked so during the earthquake that I thought it was going to fall down

3 astound, astonish, shock, surprise, jar, stagger, amaze, stun, dumbfound or dumfound, daze, stupefy, overwhelm, disconcert, unnerve, Colloq set (someone) back on his or her or their heels, throw, rattle, shake up:

I was really rocked by the news that Sue was marrying Craig.

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Collocation

¹ hard, stony part of the earth

ADJ.

QUANT.

VERB + ROCK

ROCK + VERB

ROCK + NOUN

PHRASES

² music

ADJ.

ROCK + NOUN

PHRASES

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Concise dictionary

rocks|rocked|rockingrɑk /rɒk
noun
+a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
+material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
+United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
+(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
+hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
+a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western
+pitching dangerously to one side
verb
+move back and forth or sideways
+cause to move back and forth

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