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ply

C1 verb

ply /plaɪ/ nghĩa là chuyên tâm làm, miệt mài làm

Các nghĩa

  1. chuyên tâm làm, miệt mài làm

    To work at (something) diligently.

    transitive

    He plied his trade as carpenter for forty-three years.

    Ply you your work or elſe you are like to ſmart.

  2. sử dụng thành thạo, vung (vũ khí)

    To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.

    transitive

    He plied his ax with bloody results.

    Why how now Dame, whence growes this inſolence? / Bianca ſtand aſide, poore gyrle ſhe weepes: / Go ply thy Needle; meddle not with her.

    [T]his abuse is as outrageous as are the acts of any Ku-Klux that ever plied the lash or sounded a whistle, […]

  3. thúc ép, nài nỉ

    To press upon; to urge persistently.

    transitive

    to ply someone with questions or solicitations

    He plies the Duke at morning and at night, / And doth impeach the freedome of the ſtate / If they deny him iuſtice.

  4. liên tục mời mọc, dụ dỗ

    To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.

    transitive

    to ply someone with drink

  5. đi lại thường xuyên trên (tuyến đường)

    To travel over (a route) regularly.

    ambitransitive

    to ply the seven seas

    The steamer plies between several ports on the coast.

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