spoilt


UK: /spˈɔ‍ɪlt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


spoilt /spɔil/
  • danh từ
    • (số nhiều) chiến lợi phẩm
    • lợi lộc, quyền lợi (sau khi chiến thắng)
    • (đùa cợt) bổng lộc, lương lậu
    • (đánh bài) sự hoà
    • đất đá đào lên, đất bùn nạo vét lên
    • ngoại động từ spoiled, spoilt
      • cướp phá, tước đoạt, cướp đoạt
      • làm hư, làm hỏng, làm hại
        • the performance was spoilt by the rain: mưa làm hỏng cả cuộc biểu diễn
        • the news spoilt his dinner: tin đó làm cho anh ta ăn cơm mất ngon
      • làm hư (một đứa trẻ)
        • a spoilt child: một đứa trẻ hư (vì nuông chiều)
      • (từ lóng) chặt chân tay (ai); giết, khử
      • nội động từ
        • thối, ươn (quả, cá...)
          • these fruit will not spoil with keeping: những quả này để lâu không thối
        • mất hay, mất thú (câu chuyện đùa)
        • (chỉ động tính từ hiện tại) hăm hở, hậm hực muốn
          • to be spoiling for a fight: hậm hực muốn đánh nhau
        • spare the rod and spoil the child
          • (xem) rod

      Advanced English dictionary


      (BrE) + adjective
      (of a child) rude and badly behaved because they are given everything they ask for and not enough discipline: a spoiled brat + He's spoilt rotten (= a lot).
      Idioms: be spoilt for choice (BrE) to have such a lot of things to choose from that it is very difficult to make a decision

      Thesaurus dictionary


      v.
      1 ruin, destroy, wreck, queer, mess up, upset, demolish, harm, damage, Colloq kill:
      You really spoiled everything by telling Mum about my pet frog. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
      2 damage, mar, injure, harm, deface, disfigure, scar, blemish:
      The painting was spoiled by some fanatic who slashed it.
      3 baby, mollycoddle, coddle, indulge, pamper, dote on, spoonfeed, Rare cocker:
      Barbara really spoils her family terribly by indulging their every whim.
      4 turn, go off or bad, curdle, moulder, decay, decompose, become addle(d), rot, putrefy, mildew:
      The milk will spoil if not refrigerated.
      5 be spoiling for. itch (for or after), yearn (for), be eager (for), be keen (for), look for, be bent on, be desirous of, crave, be after:
      If you give Tom a drink he'll be spoiling for a fight. Oh, I thought he was always spoiling for a fight.
      n.
      6 spoils. loot, booty, plunder, pillage, prizes, pickings, Slang swag, take, goods, boodle:
      The Nazis took the paintings as spoils of war.

      Concise English dictionary


      spoilt|spoils|spoiled|spoilingspɔɪl
      noun
      +(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
      +the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
      +the act of stripping and taking by force
      verb
      +make a mess of, destroy or ruin
      +become unfit for consumption or use
      +alter from the original
      +treat with excessive indulgence
      +hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
      +have a strong desire or urge to do something
      +destroy and strip of its possession
      +make imperfect