sack
US: /ˈsæk/
UK: /sˈæk/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
sack /sæk/- danh từ
- bao tải
- a sack of flour: bao bột
- áo sắc (một loại áo choàng của đàn bà)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) (từ lóng) cái giường
- to gets the sack
- bị đuổi, bị thải, bị cách chức
- to give somebody the sack
- đuổi, (thải, cách chức) người nào
- bao tải
- ngoại động từ
- đóng vào bao tải
- (thông tục) thải, cách chức
- (thông tục) đánh bại, thắng
- danh từ
- sự cướp phá, sự cướp giật
- sự cướp phá, sự cướp giật
- ngoại động từ
- cướp phá, cướp bóc, cướp giật
- cướp phá, cướp bóc, cướp giật
- danh từ
- (sử học) rượu vang trắng (Tây ban nha)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [C] a large bag with no handles, made of strong rough material or strong paper or plastic, used for storing and carrying, for example flour, coal, etc.
2 [C] the contents of a sack: They got through a sack of potatoes. + (AmE) two sacks of groceries
3 (the sack) [sing.] (informal, especially AmE) a bed: He caught them in the sack together.
4 (usually the sack) [sing.] (formal) the act of stealing or destroying property in a captured town: the sack of Rome
Idioms: get the sack
give sb the sack (informal) if you get the sack or sb gives you the sack, you are told that you can no longer work for a company, etc., usually because of sth that you have done wrong
more at HIT v.
+ verb [VN]
1 (informal, especially BrE) to dismiss sb from a job
Synonym: FIRE
She was sacked for refusing to work on Sundays.
2 (of an army, etc., especially in the past) to destroy things and steal property in a town or building: Rome was sacked by the Goths in 410.
3 [VN] (in American football) to knock down the QUARTERBACK: The quarterback was sacked on the 45 yard line, and it was first down for the other team.
Phrasal Verbs: sack out (AmE, informal) to go to sleep or to bed: We watched a video and sacked out on the couch.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 pouch, bag, Scots and US dialect poke; Technical sac:
She bought a 10-pound sack of potatoes.
2 hit the sack. retire, turn in, go to bed or to sleep, Slang hit the hay, Brit kip (down), US sack out:
I need my beauty sleep so I'm going to hit the sack.
3 the sack. dismissal, discharge, firing, Colloq heave-ho, the axe, marching orders, US pink slip, bounce, Chiefly US and Canadian walking papers, Slang Brit the boot, the chop, the push:
Ten of us got the sack when the new management took over.
v.
4 dismiss, discharge, fire, let go, lay off, Brit make or declare redundant, Colloq give (someone) the axe or the (old) heave-ho, give (someone) his or her marching orders, Brit give (someone) the sack, US bounce, Slang Brit give (someone) the boot or the chop or the push:
Now that he's been sacked, Norman will be able to spend more time with the children.
Collocation
1 large bag
ADJ.
bulging
bulging sacks of toys
| hessian, paper, plastic, stuff | flour, mail, potato, refuse
VERB + SACK
fill
They filled the sacks with potatoes.
| put sth in, tie sb/sth (up) in
The kittens had been tied up in a sack and thrown in the river.
| empty | carry (sth in)
SACK + VERB
be filled with sth, be full of sth
PREP.
in a/the ~ | ~ of
a sack of coal
2 the sack: dismissal from your job
VERB + SACK
get
She got the sack after 20 years of service.
| give sb | be threatened with, face
Hundreds of postal workers are facing the sack.
Concise dictionary
sacks|sacked|sackingsæknoun
+a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
+an enclosed space
+the quantity contained in a sack
+any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
+a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
+a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
+a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
+the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
+the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
verb
+plunder (a town) after capture
+terminate the employment of
+make as a net profit
+put in a sack
