crisp
US: /ˈkɹɪsp/
UK: /kɹˈɪsp/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
crisp /krips/- tính từ
- giòn
- (nghĩa bóng) quả quyết, mạnh mẽ; sinh động, hoạt bát
- a crisp style: văn sinh động mạnh mẽ
- crisp manners: cử chỉ nhanh nhẹn, hoạt bát
- quăn tít, xoăn tít
- crisp hair: tóc quăn tít
- mát, làm sảng khoái; làm khoẻ người (không khí)
- crisp air: không khí mát lạnh
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) diêm dúa, bảnh bao
- ngoại động từ
- làm giòn, rán giòn (khoai...)
- uốn quăn tít (tóc)
- làm nhăn nheo, làm nhăn (vải)
- nội động từ
- giòn (khoai rán...)
- xoăn tít (tóc)
- nhăn nheo, nhàu (vải)
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun, verb+ adjective (crisper, crispest) (usually approving)
1 (of food) (also crispy) pleasantly hard and dry: Bake until the pastry is golden and crisp.
2 (of fruit and vegetables) (also crispy) firm and fresh: a crisp apple / lettuce
3 (of paper or fabric) fresh and clean; new and slightly stiff without any folds in it: a crisp new $5 bill + a crisp white shirt
4 (of the air or the weather) pleasantly dry and cold: a crisp winter morning + The air was crisp and clear and the sky was blue.
5 (of snow, leaves, etc.) firm or dry and making a pleasant noise when crushed: deep, crisp snow
6 (of sounds, images, etc.) pleasantly clear and sharp: The recording sounds very crisp, considering its age.
7 (sometimes disapproving) (of a person's way of speaking) quick and confident in a way that suggests that the person is busy or is not being friendly: Her answer was crisp, and she gave no details.
crisply adverb: crisply fried potatoes + 'Take a seat,' she said crisply.
crispness noun [U]: The salad had lost its crispness.
+ noun
(also potato crisp) (both BrE) (AmE chip, potato chip) a thin round slice of potato that is fried until hard then dried and eaten cold. Crisps are sold in bags and have many different flavours.
Idioms see BURN v.
+ verb [V, VN] to become or make sth crisp
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 brittle, crunchy, friable, breakable, crumbly, frangible:
Keep the biscuits crisp in this special jar.
2 curly, crispy, crinkly, frizzy, frizzled:
His hair is brown and crisp, just like his father's.
3 US chip:
I'll bet you can't eat just one potato crisp.
Collocation
ADJ.
potato | plain | cheese and onion, ready salted, salt and vinegar, etc.
QUANT.
bag, packet
a packet of smoky bacon crisps
VERB + CRISP
eat
CRISP + NOUN
bag, packet
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Concise dictionary
crisps|crisped|crisping|crisper|crispestkrɪspnoun
+a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
verb
+make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface
+make brown and crisp by heating
adj.
+(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
+tender and brittle
+pleasantly cold and invigorating
+pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed
+of hair in small tight curls
+brief and to the point; effectively cut short
