cure
US: /ˈkjʊɹ/
UK: /kjˈɔː/
UK: /kjˈɔː/
English Vietnamese dictionary
cure /kjuə/
- danh từ
- cách chữa bệnh, cách điều trị; việc chữa bệnh, việc điều trị; đợt chữa bệnh (bằng cách ăn uống cái gì... liên tục trong một thời gian)
- his cure took six weeks: việc điều trị của anh ta mất sáu tuần lễ
- the hot water cure: đợt chữa tắm nóng
- thuốc, phương thuốc
- a good cure for chilblains: một phương thuốc tốt để chữa cước nẻ
- sự lưu hoá (cao su)
- (tôn giáo) thánh chức
- cách chữa bệnh, cách điều trị; việc chữa bệnh, việc điều trị; đợt chữa bệnh (bằng cách ăn uống cái gì... liên tục trong một thời gian)
- ngoại động từ
- chữa bênh, điều trị
- to cure a patient: điều trị một người bệnh
- (nghĩa bóng) chữa (thói xấu, tật xấu)
- to cure laziness: chữa bệnh lười biếng
- xử lý để có thể để lâu (bằng cách ướp muối, xông khói, phơi khô)
- lưu hoá (cao su)
- chữa bênh, điều trị
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN]
1 ~ sb (of sth) to make a person or an animal healthy again after an illness: Will you be able to cure him, Doctor?
2 to make an illness go away: TB is a serious illness, but it can be cured.
3 to deal with a problem successfully: I finally managed to cure the rattling noise in my car.
4 ~ sb of sth to stop sb from behaving in a particular way, especially a way that is bad or annoying
5 to treat food or tobacco with smoke, salt, etc. in order to preserve it
Idioms see KILL v.
+ noun
1 ~ (for sth) a medicine or medical treatment that cures an illness: the search for a cure for cancer + There is no known cure but the illness can be treated. + The only real cure is rest.
2 the act of curing sb of an illness or the process of being cured: Doctors cannot effect a cure if the disease has spread too far. + The cure took six weeks.
3 ~ (for sth) something that will solve a problem, improve a bad situation, etc: a cure for poverty
Idioms see PREVENTION
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 course of treatment, therapy, remedy, medication, medicament, medicine, drug, prescription; cure-all, nostrum, panacea:
The doctor said there was no cure for her illness.
v.
2 heal, mend, restore to health or working order, remedy, rectify, correct, repair, fix:
What can't be cured must be endured.
3 smoke, pickle, dry, salt, preserve, corn, marinate:
That cured ox tongue is simply delicious!
Collocation dictionary
1 medicine/treatment that can cure an illness
ADJ.
effective, instant, miracle, wonder
There is no instant cure for this condition.
| rest
His new job was almost a rest cure after the stresses of the army.
| cancer
VERB + CURE
look for, seek | develop, discover, find
CURE + VERB
work
The cure works by boosting the body's immune system.
PREP.
~ for
scientists seeking a cure for Aids
| ~ from
He was hoping for a cure from his debilitating illness.
PHRASES
no (known) cure
There is no known cure for the disease.
| prevention is better than cure
Prevention is better than cure, so start looking after your heart now.
| the search for a cure
the search for a cure for the common cold
2 return to good health
ADJ.
miraculous | complete, permanent
VERB + CURE
bring about, effect, provide
These drugs can sometimes effect miraculous cures. (figurative) Science cannot provide a cure for all the world's problems.
Concise English dictionary
cures|cured|curingkjʊə
noun
+a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
+provide a cure for, make healthy again
+prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
+make (substances) hard and improve their usability
+be or become preserved
