snow

S2 W2

in Vietnamese tuyết

BrE /snəʊ/ AmE /snoʊ/

noun / verb en → vi

1 WEATHER PHENOMENON [uncountable] A1

tuyết

white flakes of frozen water that fall from the sky in winter and cover the ground

  • snow falls

Collocations heavy snow · fresh snow

  • Snow fell all night.

    Tuyết rơi suốt đêm.

2 VERB - COVER GROUND [intransitive] A1

bị phủ tuyết

to cover the ground with snow

  • snow on something

Collocations snow heavily · snow all day

  • The mountains snowed for days.

    Những ngọn núi bị phủ tuyết trong nhiều ngày.

3 VERB - FALL [intransitive] A2

rơi (tuyết)

to fall as snow

  • snow heavily

Collocations heavy snowfall · light snow

  • It snowed all night.

    Tuyết rơi suốt đêm.

1 VERB - MAKE SNOWBALL [transitive, T + obj] B1

làm (bóng tuyết)

to make a ball of snow and throw it at someone as part of a game or fight

  • take something to somewhere

Collocations make snowballs for a fight · throw snowballs at someone

  • The children were taking turns making and throwing snowballs.

    Các em bé轮流制作和投掷雪球。

2 VERB - COVER OBJECT [transitive, T + obj] A1

bị phủ tuyết

to cover something with snow

  • snow on something

Collocations trees covered in snow · cars buried under snow

  • The trees were snowed.

    Cây bị phủ tuyết.

3 VERB - SNOWBOARD [intransitive] B2

trượt tuyết / trượt ván trên tuyết

to go down a snowy hill on skis or a board, as a sport or for fun

  • go snowboarding

Collocations snowboard down a hill · enjoy snowboarding in the mountains

  • He enjoys going snowboarding.

    Anh ấy thích trượt ván trên tuyết.

4 VERB - SNOWSHOE [intransitive] C1

đi bộ bằng giày trượt tuyết

to walk in deep snow using special shoes with large flat bottoms that spread out to prevent you from sinking into the snow

  • go snowshoeing

Collocations walk in deep snow with snowshoes · enjoy snowshoeing in the mountains

  • She enjoys going snowshoeing.

    Cô ấy thích đi bộ bằng giày trượt tuyết.

5 VERB - SNOWMOBILE [intransitive] C1

đi bằng xe tuyết

to travel on a snowmobile, which is a small motor vehicle with large wide wheels or skis that can move over deep snow and ice

  • go snowmobiling

Collocations travel on a snowmobile · enjoy snowmobiling in the mountains

  • He enjoys going snowmobiling.

    Anh ấy thích đi bằng xe tuyết.