suitcase
US: /ˈsutˌkeɪs/
UK: /sˈuːtkeɪs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
suitcase /'sju:tkeis/- danh từ
- cái va li
Advanced English dictionary
(also case)+ noun
a case with flat sides and a handle, used for carrying clothes, etc. when you are travelling: to pack / unpack a suitcase
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
bag, valise, overnight bag, holdall, grip or Brit handgrip, Brit formerly portmanteau:
She packed enough for a week's holiday into one small suitcase.
Collocation
ADJ.
heavy, light | open | battered
His only possession was a battered old suitcase of clothes.
| false-bottomed
The money was smuggled out in a false-bottomed suitcase.
VERB + SUITCASE
cram/stuff/throw sth in/into, pack
He stuffed a few clothes in a case, grabbed his wallet and left. Have you packed your case yet?
| take sth out of, unpack | close, fasten, shut, snap shut
She snapped her suitcase shut and stuck on a label.
| open | lift, pick up
The suitcase was too heavy to lift.
| clutch, hold | carry, drag, heave, hump, lug
She heaved her case down from the luggage rack. travellers humping suitcases about
| drop, dump, put down | live out of
He got fed up of living out of a suitcase and left his job as a sales rep.
SUITCASE + VERB
be crammed/stuffed with sth, be full of sth, contain sth
The suitcase was full of drugs.
PREP.
in/inside a/the ~
Concise dictionary
suitcases+a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
