[Sửa] Cái gật đầu; sự cúi đầu (chào); sự ra hiệu, sự ra lệnh

to give a nod of assent

gật đầu bằng lòng (tán thành)

to answer with a nod

trả lời bằng một cái gật đầu

to give someone a nod

gật đầu (cúi đầu) chào ai

to have someone at one's nod

có quyền sai khiến ai; có ai dưới quyền

[Sửa] Sự gà gật

[Sửa] Gật đầu; cúi đầu (chào); ra hiệu

he nodded to show that he understood

anh ta gật đầu ra ý hiểu

to nod to someone

gật đầu với ai; gật đầu chào ai

to nod assent (approval); to nod "yes"

gật đầu bằng lòng (tán thành, đồng ý)

to nod someone to go

ra hiệu cho ai đi đi

to have a nodding acquaintance with someone

quen biết ai sơ sơ

to have a nodding acquaintance with some subject

biết qua loa về vấn đề gì

[Sửa] Nghiêng, xiên

the wall nods to its fall

bức tường nghiêng đi sắp đổ

colonialism nods to its fall

chủ nghĩa thực dân bước vào thời kỳ suy vong

[Sửa] Đu đưa, lắc lư (chòm lá, chòm lông...)

[Sửa] Gà gật

he sat nodding by the fire

hắn ngồi gà gật bên lò sưởi

[Sửa] Vô ý phạm sai lầm

[Sửa] to be gone to the land of Nod

buồn ngủ díp mắt lại, ngủ gà ngủ gật

[Sửa] on the nod

không cần bàn cãi

Thiếu, chịu

[Sửa] to be served on the nod

ăn chịu

[Sửa] Homer sometimes nods

Thánh cũng có khi lầm

[Sửa] a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind horse)

nói ít hiểu nhiều, nói thoáng qua là hiểu ngay

[Sửa] V.

[Sửa] Greet, acknowledge, recognize: The maŒtre d'h“tel noddedto me as I entered the restaurant.

[Sửa] Say yes; consent, assent,agree, concur, acquiesce: Asked if she had seen Nick, thebarmaid nodded. I asked permission to leave the room and theteacher nodded. 3 doze (off), nap, drowse, drop off, fallasleep: Exhausted travellers nodded in their chairs waiting fortheir flights to be announced. 4 slip (up), err, make a mistake,be mistaken or wrong; be careless or negligent or lax orinattentive: Sometimes, even Homer nods.

[Sửa] N.

[Sửa] Signal, sign, cue, indication, gesture: I saw him givea nod to the barber, who suddenly held a cutthroat razor to mythroat. 6 approval; consent, acquiescence, concurrence, assent,agreement, Colloq OK or okay: The company has given me the nodto open an office in Acapulco.

[Sửa] V. & n.

[Sửa] V. (nodded, nodding) 1 intr. incline one's headslightly and briefly in greeting, assent, or command.

[Sửa] Intr.let one's head fall forward in drowsiness; be drowsy.

[Sửa] Tr.incline (one's head).

[Sửa] Tr. signify (assent etc.) by a nod.

[Sửa] Intr. (of flowers, plumes, etc.) bend downwards and sway, ormove up and down.

[Sửa] Intr. make a mistake due to a momentarylack of alertness or attention.

[Sửa] Intr. (of a building etc.)incline from the perpendicular (nodding to its fall).

[Sửa] N. anodding of the head.

[Sửa] Get the nod US be chosen or approved.nodding acquaintance (usu. foll. by with) a very slightacquaintance with a person or subject. nod off colloq. fallasleep. nod through colloq.

[Sửa] Approve on the nod.

[Sửa] Brit.Parl. formally count (a Member of Parliament) as if having votedwhen unable to do so. on the nod colloq.

[Sửa] With merely formalassent and no discussion.

[Sửa] On credit.

[Sửa] Noddingly adv. [MEnodde, of unkn. orig.]