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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
crisp
crisp [crisp crisps crisped crisping crisper crispest] adjective, noun, verb BrE [krɪsp] NAmE [krɪsp]
adjective (crisp·er, crisp·est)(usually approving)
1. (of food) (also crispy)pleasantly hard and dry
• Bake until the pastry is golden and crisp.
2. (of fruit and vegetables) (also crispy)firm and fresh
•a crisp apple/lettuce
3. (of paper or cloth)fresh and clean; new and slightly stiff without any folds in it
•a crisp new $5 bill
•a crisp white shirt
4. (of the air or the weather)pleasantly dry and cold
•a crisp winter morning
• The air was crisp and clear and the sky was blue.
5. (of snow, leaves, etc.)firm or dry and making a pleasant noise when crushed
•deep, crisp snow
6. (of sounds, images, etc.)pleasantly clear and sharp
•The recording sounds very crisp, considering its age.
7. (sometimes disapproving) (of a person's way of speaking)quick and confident in a way that suggests that the person is busy or is not being friendly
•Her answer was crisp, and she gave no details.
Word Origin:
Old English (referring to hair in the sense ‘curly’): from Latin crispus ‘curled’. Other senses may result from symbolic interpretation of the sound of the word.
Example Bank:
•The air was crisp and fresh.
•The sheets looked clean and crisp.
•When fried, the bacon rind becomes crisp and brown.
•It was a crisp winter morning.
•She stepped out into the crisp night air.
Derived Words: ↑crisply ▪ ↑crispness
noun 
1. (also poˌtato ˈcrisp) (both BrE) (NAmE chip, poˈtato chip)a thin round slice of potato that is fried until hard then dried and eaten cold. Crisps are sold in bags and have many different flavours.
2. (NAmE) (BrE crum·ble BrE NAmE )uncountable, countable a ↑dessert (= a sweet dish) made from fruit that is covered with a rough mixture of flour, butter and sugar, cooked in the oven and usually served hot
•apple crisp
see burn sth to a cinder/crisp at ↑burn v.
Word Origin:
Old English (referring to hair in the sense ‘curly’): from Latin crispus ‘curled’. Other senses may result from symbolic interpretation of the sound of the word.
Example Bank:
•a packet of smoky bacon crisps
verb intransitive, transitive ~ (sth)
to become or make sth crisp
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English (referring to hair in the sense ‘curly’): from Latin crispus ‘curled’. Other senses may result from symbolic interpretation of the sound of the word.
See also: ↑chip ▪ ↑crispy ▪ ↑crumble ▪ ↑potato chip ▪ ↑potato crisp
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