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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
row
▪ I. row 1 [row rows rowed rowing] noun, verb BrE [rəʊ] NAmE [roʊ] see also ↑row 2 noun 1. ~ (of sb/sth) a number of people standing or sitting next to each other in a line; a number of objects arranged in a line •a row of trees • We sat in a row at the back of the room. • The vegetables were planted in neat rows. 2. a line of seats in a cinema/movie theater, etc • Let's sit in the back row. • Our seats are five rows from the front. 3. a complete line of stitches in knitting or ↑crochet 4. Rowused in the name of some roads •Manor Row 5. usually singular an act of ↑rowing a boat; the period of time spent doing this •We went for a row on the lake. see also ↑death row, ↑skid row more at get/have (all) your ducks in a row at ↑duck n. Thesaurus: row noun C •The vegetables were planted in rows. line • • rank • • file • • cordon • |BrE queue • a row/line/rank/file/queue of sb/sth in a row/(a) line/single file/a queue (an) orderly row/line/ranks/queue Row or line? People or things in a row are next to each other from side to side. People or things in a line can be next to each other from side to side, but are more often one behind the other from front to back. People or vehicles in a row are not usually waiting for anything; those in a line usually are •a row of parked cars • a line of traffic waiting at the lights In British English the usual word for people waiting in a line is queue; in American English it is line. Example Bank: •He looked down at row upon row of eager faces. •It rained for five days in a row. •She arranged the chairs in two neat rows. •The children stood in a row. •We have seats in the front row. •a long row of houses •endless rows of identical houses •serried rows of vines •He turned into Church Row. •I live at 22 Western Row. •Let's sit in the back row. •They live in a row house in Washington's Mount Pleasant neighborhood. •a row of children/houses/trees Idiom: ↑in a row verb 1. intransitive, transitive to move a boat through water using ↑oars (= long wooden poles with flat ends) • We rowed around the island. •~ sth Grace rowed the boat out to sea again. 2. transitive ~ sb (+ adv./prep.) to take sb somewhere in a boat with ↑oars •The fisherman rowed us back to the shore. Verb forms: Word Origin: n. senses 1 to 4 Old English rāw Germanic Dutch rij German Reihe n. sense 5 and v. Old English rōwan Germanic ↑rudder Indo-European Latin remus ‘oar’ Greek eretmon ‘oar’ ▪ II. row 2 [row rows rowed rowing] noun, verb BrE [raʊ] NAmE [raʊ] see also ↑row 1 noun (informal, especially BrE) 1. countable ~ (about/over sth) a serious disagreement between people, organizations, etc. about sth •A row has broken out over education. 2. countable a noisy argument between two or more people Syn: ↑quarrel •She left him after a blazing row. •family rows •He had a row with his son. 3. singular a loud unpleasant noise Syn: ↑din, Syn: ↑racket •Who's making that row? Example Bank: •A row blew up over pay rises for ministers. •Carol and I had a terrible row about how much money she spends. •He came to prominence in the row over defence policy. •I'm going to kick up a row if I don't get my money back. •Someone's making an unholy row outside. •We had a blazing row over who should do the cooking. •a row between the left and right wings of the party •a row with my mother •A row has broken out over education. •He'd had a row with his son. •She left him after a blazing row. verb intransitive (BrE, informal) to have a noisy argument •Mike and Sue are always rowing. •~ (with sb) (about sb/sth) She had rowed with her parents about her boyfriend. Verb forms: Example Bank: •Mike and Sue are always rowing. •She rowed with her parents about her new boyfriend.
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