sing
US: /ˈsɪŋ/
UK: /sˈɪŋ/
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
- hát, ca hát
- 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
- hát, hót
- 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
v.
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
sang|sung|sings|singingsɪŋ
verb
+deliver by singing
+produce tones with the voice
+to make melodious sounds
+make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
+divulge confidential information or secrets
singing|sing|singes|singed|singeingsɪndʒ
noun
+a surface burn
verb
+burn superficially or lightly
+become superficially burned
