lost

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lost [lost] BrE [lɒst] NAmE [lɔːst] NAmE [lɑːst] adjective
1. unable to find your way; not knowing where you are
• We always get lost in London.
• We're completely lost.
2. that cannot be found or brought back
• I'm still looking for that lost file.
• Your cheque must have got lost in the post.
3. usually before noun that cannot be obtained; that cannot be found or created again
• The strike cost them thousands of pounds in lost business.
• She's trying to recapture her lost youth.
•He regretted the lost (= wasted) opportunity to apologize to her.
•the lost art of letter-writing
4. not before noun unable to deal successfully with a particular situation
• We would be lost without your help.
• I felt so lost after my mother died.
•He's a lost soul (= a person who does not seem to know what to do, and seems unhappy).
5. not before noun unable to understand sth because it is too complicated
• They spoke so quickly I just got lost.
• Hang on a minute— I'm lost.
see also ↑lose _v.
more at there's little/no love lost between A and B at ↑love _n.
Idioms: ↑all is not lost ▪ ↑get lost ▪ ↑give somebody up for lost ▪ ↑lost for words ▪ ↑lost in something ▪ ↑lost on somebody ▪ ↑lost to the world ▪ ↑make up for lost time

Example Bank:
•By this time we were completely lost.
•I felt lost without my watch.
•She looked rather lost and lonely, standing in a corner by herself.
•We got lost in the woods.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  helpless, bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupied, missed, confused, disoriented, doomed
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  won, saved, found