bunch
US: /ˈbəntʃ/
UK: /bˈʌntʃ/
UK: /bˈʌntʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
bunch /bʌntʃ/
- danh từ
- búi, chùm, bó, cụm, buồng
- a bunch of grapes: một chùm nho
- a bunch of flowers: một bó hoa
- a bunch of keys: một chùm chìa khoá
- a bunch of bananas: một buồng chuối
- a bunch of fives: một bàn tay
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đàn, bầy (thú)
- (từ lóng) bọn, lũ
- búi, chùm, bó, cụm, buồng
- nội động từ
- thành chùm, thành bó, thành cụm
- chụm lại với nhau
- ngoại động từ
- làm thành chùm, làm thành bó, bó lại
- xếp nếp (quần áo)
- (quân sự) không giữ được khoảng cách
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] ~ of sth a number of things of the same type which are growing or fastened together: a bunch of bananas / grapes + a bunch of keys + She picked me a bunch of flowers.
2 [sing.] a ~ (of sth) (especially AmE) a large amount of sth; a large number of things or people: I have a whole bunch of stuff to do this morning.
3 [sing.] (informal) a group of people: The people that I work with are a great bunch.
4 (bunches) [pl.] (BrE) long hair that is divided in two and tied at each side of the head: She wore her hair in bunches.
Idioms: the best / pick of the bunch the best out of a group of people or things
+ verb
~ (sth) (up) to become tight or to form tight folds; to make sth do this: [V] His muscles bunched under his shirt. + Her skirt had bunched up round her waist. + [VN] His forehead was bunched in a frown.
Phrasal Verbs: bunch up / together
bunch sb/sth up / together to move closer and form into a group; to make people or things do this: The sheep bunched together as soon as they saw the dog.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 bundle, cluster, batch, clump; bouquet, nosegay, posy, spray:
That's a nice-looking bunch of grapes. Mr Herbert arrived with a bunch of flowers for me.
2 crowd, knot, collection, group, lot, gathering, cluster, clutch, batch, assortment, mass:
A bunch of people stood outside the courtroom, awaiting news of the verdict.
v.
3 sort, class, classify, categorize, assort, group together, bracket:
It would be a mistake to bunch all different kinds of liberals into the same category.
4 bunch up. gather; smock; collect, crowd, group, cluster:
The fabric is all bunched up at the bottom. Don't let the people bunch up in front of the exits.
Collocation dictionary
1 things fastened/growing together
ADJ.
big, huge, large | small
PREP.
in a/the ~
She put all the flowers together in one big bunch.
| ~ of
He gave me a huge bunch of red roses.
2 group of people
ADJ.
mixed, motley
PREP.
~ of
They are a bunch of amateurs.
Concise English dictionary
bunches|bunched|bunchingbʌntʃ
noun
+a grouping of a number of similar things
+an informal body of friends
+any collection in its entirety
verb
+form into a bunch
+gather or cause to gather into a cluster
