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sing

US: /ˈsɪŋ/

UK: /sˈɪŋ/

English Vietnamese dictionary

sing /siɳ/

ngoại động từ sang, sung
- hát, ca hát
  - to sing a song: hát một bài hát
  - to sing someone to sleep: hát ru ngủ ai
- ca ngợi
  - to sing someone's praises: ca ngợi ai, tán dương ai

nội động từ
- hát, hót
  - birds are singing: chim đang hót
- reo (nước sôi...); thồi vù vù (gió)
  - the water sings in the kettle: nước trong ấm reo (sắp sôi)
- ù (tai)
- to sing out
  - gọi to, kêu lớn
- to sing another song; to sing small
  - cụp đuôi, cụt vòi
- to sing the New Year in
  - hát đón mừng năm mới
- to sing the New Year out
  - hát tiễn đưa năm cũ

danh từ
- tiếng reo; tiếng vù vù
- the sing of arrows overhead
  - tiếng tên bay vù vù trên đầu
- (thông tục) sự hát đồng ca

Advanced English dictionary

1 to make musical sounds with your voice in the form of a song or tune: [V] She usually sings in the shower. + I just can't sing in tune! + He was singing softly to the baby. + He was dancing around and singing at the top of his voice (= very loudly). + [VN, VNN] Will you sing a song to us? + Will you sing us a song? + [VN] Now I'd like to sing a song by the Beatles. + She sang the baby to sleep (= sang until the baby went to sleep). + We all sang 'Happy Birthday' to her.
2 [V] (of birds) to make high musical sounds: The birds were singing outside my window.
3 [V] to make a high ringing sound like a whistle: Bullets sang past my ears. + She felt faint and the blood was singing in her head. + The kettle was singing away on the stove.
sing noun [sing.]: Let's have a sing.
Idioms: sing a different tune to change your opinion about sb/sth or your attitude towards sb/sth
Phrasal Verbs: sing along (with sb/sth)
sing along (to sth) to sing together with sb who is already singing or while a record, radio, or musical instrument is playing: Do sing along if you know the words. + She loves singing along to the radio.
related noun SINGALONG
sing of sth (old-fashioned or formal) to mention sth in a song or a poem, especially to praise it: Poets used to sing of such heroic deeds.
sing out to sing or say sth clearly and loudly: A voice suddenly sang out above the rest.
sing up (BrE) (AmE sing out) to sing more loudly: Sing up, let's hear you.

Thesaurus dictionary

1 chant, intone, carol, vocalize, trill, croon, pipe, chirp, warble; chorus; yodel:

It was a wonderful spring day and Barbara felt like singing. Can you sing On the Road to Mandalay ?

2 whistle, pipe, peep:

I have just bought a singing kettle.

3 tell, tattle, name names, Slang rat, snitch, squeal, blow the whistle, peach, spill the beans:

They found out that Johnny had been singing to the cops about the bank job.

Collocation dictionary

ADV.

loud, loudly, lustily

The birds sang louder than ever.

| gently, quietly, softly

singing quietly to himself

| beautifully, like an angel, sweetly, well | badly | cheerfully, happily

Birds sang cheerfully in the trees.

| a bit, a little

She could sing a bit and agreed to take part in the show.

| live

Have you ever heard the band sing live?

| together

We played and sang together.

VERB + SING

can

I can't sing very well.

| start to | hear sb/sth

PREP.

about

singing about love

| to

Shall I sing to you?

PHRASES

start/stop singing

Concise English dictionary