grass
noun/ɡɹɑːs/[ɡɹ̠ɑːs]- 1.
cỏ
Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
- Thou turnest man to destruction: and sayest, Returne yee children of men. / For a thousand yeeres in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past: and as a watch in the night. / Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as a sleepe: in the morning they are like grasse which groweth vp. / In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth vp: in the euening it is cut downe, and withereth.
- The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.
- 2.
bãi cỏ
A lawn.
- 3.
thế giới thực
The outside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".
ℹ Cụm từ 'touch grass' là tiếng lóng trên Internet, không nên dịch sát nghĩa là 'chạm vào cỏ' vì người nghe sẽ hiểu nhầm là bạn đang yêu cầu họ chạm vào cây cỏ thật.
- You should go outside and touch grass instead of playing games all day.Bạn nên ra ngoài và tiếp xúc với thế giới thực thay vì chơi game cả ngày.
- 4.
kẻ chỉ điểm
An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
⚠ Học sinh hay viết 'một cái kẻ chỉ điểm'; đúng phải là 'một kẻ chỉ điểm' vì 'kẻ' đã đóng vai trò là danh từ chỉ người.
ℹ Đây là từ lóng trong tiếng Anh Anh, thường dùng trong ngữ cảnh tội phạm. Trong tiếng Việt, 'kẻ chỉ điểm' mang sắc thái tiêu cực mạnh mẽ.
- What just happened must remain secret. Don't be a grass.
- He was a grass and an arse lick and he didn't do it for him, he did it for his brother, because if Vaughan had hit him especially with his mallet, Mark was the kind of lowlife that would have pressed charges and then that's a whole different problem.