stew
US: /ˈstu/
UK: /stjˈuː/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
stew /stju:/- danh từ
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) nhà thổ ((thường) the stews)
- ao thả cá, bể thả cá (để giữ cho tươi)
- bể nuôi trai
- món thịt hầm
- (thông tục) sự lo âu, sự bối rối
- in a stew: đang lo âu, đang bối rối
- động từ
- hầm, ninh (thịt...)
- (từ lóng) học gạo
- (nghĩa bóng) nong ngột ngạt
- to let someone stew in his ows juice (grease)
- để mặc kệ xác ai
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun [U, C] a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a container that has a lid: beef stew and dumplings + I'm making a stew for lunch.
Idioms: get (yourself) / be in a stew (about / over sth) (informal) to become/feel very anxious or upset about sth: There's no point getting in a stew about it.
+ verb
1 to cook sth slowly, or allow sth to cook slowly, in liquid in a closed dish: [VN] stewed apples + [V] The meat needs to stew for two hours.
See also -
2 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to think or worry about sth: I've been stewing over the problem for a while. + Leave him to stew.
Idioms: let sb stew in their own juice (informal) to leave sb to worry and suffer the unpleasant effects of their own actions
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 gallimaufry, goulash, salmagundi, hash, mess, olla podrida, olio, mixture, mishmash, Brit hotchpotch, US also hodgepodge:
His book is a stew of many different opinions, none of them his own.
2 state of excitement or alarm or anxiety, dither, pother, bother, lather, sweat, Colloq tizzy, state:
She really worked herself up into a stew over the boy Paula is engaged to.
v.
3 simmer, seethe, agonize, fret, dither, chafe, burn, smoulder, Colloq get steamed (up) (over or about), work (oneself) (up) into a sweat or lather or state (over):
Paula's father is all stewed up over her leaving school to get married.
Concise dictionary
stews|stewed|stewingstjuːnoun
+agitation resulting from active worry
+food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
verb
+be in a huff; be silent or sullen
+bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
+cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
