prime
US: /ˈpɹaɪm/
UK: /pɹˈaɪm/
UK: /pɹˈaɪm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
prime /praim/
- tính từ
- đầu tiên
- prime cause: nguyên nhân đầu tiên
- chủ yếu, quan trọng nhất, hàng đầu
- prime importance: quan trọng bậc nhất
- Prime Minister: thủ tướng
- tốt nhất, loại nhất; ưu tú, xuất sắc, hoàn hảo
- prime beef: thịt bò loại ngon nhất
- (thuộc) gốc, (thuộc) căn nguyên
- prime cost: vốn
- prime number: số nguyên tố
- đầu tiên
- danh từ
- thời kỳ đầu tiên, buổi sơ khai
- the prime of the year: phần đầu của năm, mùa xuân
- thời kỳ đẹp nhất, thời kỳ rực rỡ nhất, giai đoạn phát triển đầy đủ nhất
- in the prime of life: lúc tuổi thanh xuân
- in the prime of beauty: lúc sắc đẹp đang thì
- to be past one's prime: đã qua thời xuân xanh, trở về già
- (tôn giáo) buổi lễ đầu tiên (lúc 6 giờ sáng)
- (hoá học) gốc đơn nguyên tố
- thế đầu (một thế đánh kiếm)
- (toán học) số nguyên tố
- thời kỳ đầu tiên, buổi sơ khai
- ngoại động từ
- mồi nước (vào bơm để cho chạy); bơm xăng vào cacbuaratơ
- (thông tục) cho ăn đầy, cho uống thoả thích
- to be well primed with beer: uống bia thoả thích
- chỉ dẫn; cung cấp tài liệu, bồi dưỡng (cho ai trước khi ra nói...)
- sơn lót (tấm gỗ)
- (sử học) nhồi thuốc nổ (vào súng)
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun, verb
+ adjective [only before noun]
1 main; most important; basic
Synonym: PRIMARY
My prime concern is to protect my property. + Winning is not the prime objective in this sport. + The care of the environment is of prime importance. + He's the police's prime suspect in this case.
2 of the best quality; excellent: prime (cuts of) beef + The store has a prime position in the mall.
3 a prime example of sth is one that is typical of it: The building is a prime example of 1960s architecture.
4 most likely to be chosen for sth; most suitable: The house is isolated and a prime target for burglars. + He's a prime candidate to captain the team this season.
+ noun [sing.] the time in your life when you are strongest or most successful: a young woman in her prime + He was barely 30 and in the prime of (his) life. + These flowers are long past their prime.
+ verb
1 ~ sb (for / with sth) to prepare sb for a situation so that they know what to do, especially by giving them special information
Synonym: BRIEF
[VN] They had been primed with good advice. + She was ready and primed for action. + [VN to inf] He had primed his friends to give the journalists as little information as possible.
2 [VN] to make sth ready for use or action: The bomb was primed, ready to explode.
3 [VN] to prepare wood, metal, etc. for painting by covering it with a special paint that helps the next layer of paint to stay on
Idioms: prime the pump to encourage the growth of a new or weak business or industry by putting money into it
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 See primary, 1, above.
2 best, foremost, chief; first-rate, first-class, choice, select, superior, pre-eminent, leading, ranking, predominant, unparalleled, matchless, peerless, noteworthy, outstanding, admirable, worthy, exceptional, excellent, extraordinary, exceptional:
She is a prime example of the results of a modern education. Arthur is certainly a prime candidate for the position
3 original, fundamental, basic, elemental, elementary:
The prime cause of scurvy is lack of fresh fruit and vegetables.
n.
4 youth, springtime; best years, heyday, pinnacle, acme, peak, zenith:
Some people reach the prime of life at 60.
v.
5 (make or get) ready, prepare, educate, teach, instruct, coach, train, tutor, drill:
Has Sonia been fully primed to take over the chairmanship when Sir William steps down?
6 inform, advise, notify, apprise, brief:
Having read your book, I am fully primed on American history.
Concise English dictionary
primes|primed|primingpraɪm
noun
+a number that has no factor but itself and 1
+the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
+the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
+the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
verb
+insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
+cover with a primer; apply a primer to
+fill with priming liquid
adj.
+first in rank or degree
+used of the first or originating agent
+of superior grade
+of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
+being at the best stage of development
