tar
US: /ˈtɑɹ/
UK: /tˈɑː/
UK: /tˈɑː/
English Vietnamese dictionary
tar /tɑ:/
- danh từ
- thuỷ thủ ((cũng) jakc tar)
- nhựa đường, hắc ín
- to cover with tar: rải nhựa; bôi hắc ín
- mineral tar: nhựa bitum, nhựa đường
- ngoại động từ
- bôi hắc ín; rải nhựa
- to tar and feather someone: trừng phạt ai bằng cách bôi hắc ín rồi trét lông
- (nghĩa bóng) làm nhục
- to be tarred with the same brush (stick)
- có những khuyết điểm như nhau
- bôi hắc ín; rải nhựa
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [U]
1 a thick black sticky liquid that becomes hard when cold. Tar is obtained from coal and is used especially in making roads.
2 a substance similar to tar that is formed by burning tobacco: low-tar cigarettes
+ verb (-rr-) [VN] to cover sth with tar: a tarred road / roof
Idioms: tar and feather sb to put tar on sb then cover them with feathers, as a punishment
be tarred with the same brush (as sb) to be thought to have the same faults, etc. as sb else
Concise English dictionary
tarred|tarring|tarstɑr /tɑː
noun
+any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
+a man who serves as a sailor
verb
+coat with tar
