cure

US: /ˈkjʊɹ/
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
    • 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)

    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