bưng

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

noun
Mangrove swamp
verb
To carry
bưng khay chén to carry a tray and cups
To cover, to stretch over, to cup in one's hand
bưng miệng cười to cup one's smiling mouth in one's hand
trời tối như bưng it is as dark as if one's eyes were covered with a bandage, it is pitch-dark
kín như bưng as tight as if covered

	[bưng]
		maquis
			tối như bưng
			be pitchdark
	danh từ.
		mangrove swamp.
	động từ.
		to carry with both hands
			bưng khay chén
			to carry a tray and cups
		to cover, to stretch over, to cup in one's hand
			bưng miệng cười
			to cup one's smiling mouth in one's hand
			trời tối như bưng
			it is as dark as if one's eyes were covered with a bandage, it is pitch-dark
			kín như bưng
			as tight as if covered
			bưng tai bịt mắt
			close one's ears and shut one's eyes; pentend deaf and dumb