spot

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English - Vietnamese dictionary

spot /spɔt/

• danh từ
  • dấu, đốm, vết
    • a brown tie with red spots: cái ca vát nâu có đốm đỏ
  • vết nhơ, vết đen
    • without a spot on one's reputation: danh tiếng không bị vết nhơ nào
  • chấm đen ở đầu bàn bi-a
  • (động vật học) cá đù chấm
  • bồ câu đốm
  • nơi, chốn
    • a retired spot: một nơi hẻo lánh
  • (từ lóng) sự chấm trước (ngựa đua được cuộc); con ngựa được chấm (về nhất)
  • (thông tục) một chút, một ít (rượu, nước)
  • (từ lóng) đèn sân khấu ((cũng) spotlight)
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) địa vị, chỗ làm ăn, chức vụ; vị trí trong danh sách
    • he has got a good spot with that firm: hắn vớ được chỗ bở ở hãng đó
  • to hit the hight spot
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) chỉ bàn đến những vấn đề chính (trong một cuộc thảo luận ngắn...)
  • to hit the spot
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) thoả mãn điều thèm muốn, thoả mãn cái đang cần
  • in a spot
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) trong hoàn cảnh xấu, trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn lúng túng
  • on the spot
    • ngay lập tức, tại chỗ
  • tỉnh táo (người)
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) lâm vào cảnh khó khăn lúng túng
  • to put someone on the spot
    • (từ lóng) quyết định khử ai, thịt ai
  • a tender spot
    • (xem) tender

• ngoại động từ
  • làm đốm, làm lốm đốm
  • làm bẩn, làm nhơ, làm ô (danh)
  • (thông tục) chấm trước (ngựa được cuộc); nhận ra, phát hiện ra
    • to spot somebody in the crowd: nhận ra ai trong đám đông
  • (quân sự), (hàng không) phát hiện (vị trí, mục tiêu...)
  • đặt vào chỗ, đặt vào vị trí
    • the officer spotted his men at strategic points: viên sĩ quan bố trí quân của mình vào những điểm chiến lược
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) chấp
    • I spotted him two points: tôi chấp hẳn hai điểm

• nội động từ
  • dễ bị ố, dễ bị đốm (vải)

• tính từ
  • mặt (tiền); trả tiền ngay; trao ngay khi bán
    • spot cash: tiền mặt
    • spot wheat: lúa mì bán trả tiền ngay
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) phát đi từ một đài phát thanh địa phương (bản tin...)
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) xen vào giữa chương trình phát thanh chính (quảng cáo...)

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Advanced English dictionary

noun, verb
+ noun
small mark
1 a small round area that has a different colour or feels different from the surface it is on: Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger? + The male bird has a red spot on its beak. + (BrE) She was wearing a black skirt with white spots.
See also - BEAUTY SPOT, SUNSPOT
2 a small dirty mark on sth: His jacket was covered with spots of mud. + grease / rust spots
3 [usually pl.] a small mark or lump on a person's skin, sometimes with a yellow head to it: The baby's whole body was covered in small red spots. + (BrE) teenagers worried about their spots
Compare: PIMPLE, RASH, ZIT
place
4 a particular area or place: a quiet / secluded / lonely spot + He showed me the exact spot where he had asked her to marry him. + She stood rooted to the spot with fear (= unable to move). + a picnic / tourist spot + This is a favourite spot for walkers and climbers.
See also - BLACK SPOT, BLIND SPOT, HOT SPOT, NIGHTSPOT, TROUBLE SPOT
small amount
5 [usually sing.] ~ of sth (BrE, informal) a small amount of sth: He's in a spot of trouble. + Would you like a spot of lunch? + She's gone out to do a spot of shopping.
6 [usually pl.] ~ (of sth) a small amount of a liquid: I felt a few spots of rain.
part of show
7 a part of a television, radio, club or theatre show that is given to a particular entertainer or type of entertainment: a guest / solo spot
in competition
8 a position in a competition or an event: two teams battling for top spot
light
9 (informal) = SPOTLIGHT
business
10 [sing.] (used before nouns to make compound nouns) connected with a system of trading where goods are delivered and paid for immediately after sale: spot prices + spot goods
Idioms: in a (tight) spot (informal) in a difficult situation: She'll always help you if you're in a spot.
on the spot
1 immediately: He answered the question on the spot. + an on-the-spot parking fine
2 at the actual place where sth is happening: An ambulance was on the spot within minutes. + an on-the-spot report
3 in one exact place, without moving in any direction: Running on the spot is good exercise.
put sb on the spot to make sb feel awkward or embarrassed by asking them a difficult question: The interviewer's questions really put him on the spot.
more at BRIGHT adj., GLUE v., HIT v., KNOCK v., LEOPARD, RIVET v., SOFT
+ verb (-tt-)
1 (not used in the progressive tenses) to see or notice a person or thing, especially suddenly or when it is not easy to do so: [VN] I finally spotted my friend in the crowd. + I've just spotted a mistake on the front cover. + Can you spot the difference between these two pictures? + Her modelling career began when she was spotted at the age of 14. + Spotting the disease early can save lives. + [VN -ing] Neighbours spotted smoke coming out of the house. + [V that] No one spotted that the gun was a fake. + [V wh-] I soon spotted what the mistake was.
See also - SPOTTER
2 [VNN] (AmE, sport) to give your opponent or the other team an advantage: We spotted the opposing team two goals.
Idioms: be spotted with sth to be covered with small round marks of sth: His shirt was spotted with oil.

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Thesaurus dictionary

n.

1 mark, patch, speck, blot, blotch, blemish, speckle, fleck, particle, mote, macula, smudge, stain, stigma, discoloration, Brit splodge or US also splotch:

There's a spot of ink on your shirt.

2 site, place, locale, location, locality, scene, setting, section, area, neighbourhood, quarter:

The Coopers picked out a lovely spot to build their new house.

3 morsel, bit, bite, Colloq smidgen or smidgin:

Let's stop in here for a spot of tea.

4 predicament, situation, quandary, mess:

John said he was in a bit of a spot, and needed to borrow $20 until the end of the week.

5 spots. eruptions, pimples, acne, pustules, blackheads, comedos or comedones, whiteheads; boils, blains, wens; pock-marks; Old-fashioned US and Canadian hickeys:

Teenagers often get spots.

v.

6 see, catch sight of, glimpse, discern, identify, pick out, distinguish, single out, detect, sight, recognize, make out, descry:

I think I spotted Molly in the crowd.

7 mark, stain, fleck, speckle, spray, splash, spatter, bespatter, sully, soil, dirty, taint, besmirch, smudge:

The car's shiny new paintwork was spotted with mud.

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Collocation

¹ small red mark on the skin

VERB + SPOT

² place/area

ADJ.

VERB + SPOT

PREP.

PHRASES

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Concise dictionary

spotted|spotting|spotsspɑt /spɒt
noun
+a point located with respect to surface features of some region
+a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
+a blemish made by dirt
+a small contrasting part of something
+a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
+an outstanding characteristic
+a business establishment for entertainment
+a job in an organization
+a slight attack of illness
+a small quantity
+a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
+a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
+a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
+an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
+catch sight of
+mar or impair with a flaw
+make a spot or mark onto
+become spotted
+mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition

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