Tra từ do - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

do UK US [də], UK US [du], UK US [duː] [ did ], [ done ] auxiliary verb [ don't does doesn't did didn't done doing ]

FOR QUESTIONS/NEGATIVES

1. <E > used with another verb to form questions and negative sentences, including negative orders, and sometimes in affirmative sentences for reasons of style
• Where do you work?
• Why did you do that?
• Why don't we have lunch together on Friday?
• Doesn't Matthew look old these days?
• "Didn't you realise she was deaf?" "No I didn't."/"Of course I did."
• Not only did I speak to her, I even got her autograph!
• formal Never did I hear such a terrible noise.
• Don't (you) speak to me like that!
• UK Don't let's argue about it (= Let's not argue about it).
• formal So quietly did she speak (= She spoke so quietly) that I could scarcely hear her.
• Little does he know (= He knows nothing about it), but we're flying to Geneva next weekend to celebrate his birthday.
• "I want three cakes, two chocolate bars and an ice cream." "Do you now/indeed? (= That is surprising or unreasonable)."
2. <E > used instead of the main verb in questions that are added to the end of a sentence to check information
• You met him at our dinner party, didn't you?
• You don't understand the question, do you?
3. <E > used instead of the main verb in questions that are added to the end of a sentence as a way of expressing surprise
• So Susannah and Guy finally got married, did they?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Expressions of surprise

• What sort of music do you like dancing to?
• "And where do you think you're going?" demanded the police officer.
• Please don't disturb Georgina when she's working.
• How much do you earn, if you don't mind me asking?
• Parking restrictions do not extend to disabled people.

TO AVOID REPEATING

4. <E > used to avoid repeating a verb or verb phrase
• She runs much faster than he does.
• Maria looks much healthier than she did.
• "I don't like intense heat." "Nor/Neither do I."
• "I hate intense heat." "So do I."
• "You left your umbrella." "So I did. I'm becoming so forgetful these days."
• "Would you mind tidying up the kitchen?" mainly UK "I have done already./I already have done."
• "May I join you?" "Please do!"
• "Who said that?" "I did."
• "Tilly speaks fluent Japanese." "Does she really?"
• "I thought I'd take a day off school today." "Oh no you don't (= I'm not going to let you do that)!"

• I'm all for sexual equality, but I don't want my wife earning more than I do.
• The government has failed to raise educational standards, despite its promise to do so.
• Please don't get involved with him. You'll regret it if you do.
• Don't mix up the bottles - you'll have to repeat the experiment if you do.
• On average, people who don't smoke are healthier than people who do.

FOR EMPHASIS

5. <I > + infinitive without to used to give extra force to the main verb
• Do shut up, Georgia, and get on with your homework.
• Do write and let me know how you're getting on.
• "Can I buy stamps here?" "Well, we do sell them, but we haven't got any at the moment."
• He cooks a lot does Alex. He does far more than me.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Stressing and emphasizing

• Although I cherish my children, I do allow them their independence.
• I do like her - after all, she is my sister.
• If you see James, do convey my apologies to him.
• Oh darling, I do love you.
• If ever you're in Cambridge, do give me a ring.

verb UK [duː] [ did ], [ done ]

PERFORM

1. <E > transitive to perform, take part in or achieve something
• That was a really stupid thing to do.
• Why were you sent home from school early? What have you done now?
• What are you doing over the weekend?
• The only thing we can do now is wait and see what happens.
• You should be able to do it by yourself/on your own.
• What have you done (= caused to happen) to her?
• What (on Earth) were you doing in the library (= Why were you there and what action were you performing) at two o'clock in the morning?
• What are these toys doing here (= Why are they here)?
• What do you do (for a living) (= What is your job)?
• What can I do for you (= How can I help you)?
• What have you done with (= Where have you put) my coat? Have you hidden it?
• She just hasn't known what to do with herself (= how to keep herself busy) since she retired.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Acting and acts ↑Dealing with things or people
2. do sth about sth
to take action to deal with something
• It's a global problem - what can individuals do about it?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Acting and acts ↑Dealing with things or people
3. do well/badly by sb formal
to treat someone well or badly
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Treating someone well ↑Treating people or animals badly ↑Insults and abuse ↑Unkind, cruel and unfeeling ↑Violent or aggressive

• The work that the students do during the year will count towards their final degrees.
• My boss wants me to do a day-release course in computing.
• She has to do a lot of driving in her job.
• They've always encouraged me in everything I've wanted to do.
• I do a few stretches every morning to loosen up before I run.

ACT

4. <E > intransitive or transitive to act or take action
• Stop arguing with me, Daryl, and do as you're told!
• She told me not to ask any questions, just to do as she did.
• "Was it wrong of me to go to the police?" "Oh no, I'm sure you did right/did the right thing."
• You'd do well to take some professional advice on this matter.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Acting and acts ↑Dealing with things or people

• Should the government do more to help young couples buy their own homes?
• I wish you'd do something about your bedroom - it's a real mess.
• He would never do anything to endanger the lives of his children.
• Just do whatever you think fit - I'm sure you'll make the right decision.
• I'm not happy with the situation but, you know, there isn't much I can do about it.

CONNECTED
5. to do with
<A > connected with
• "Why did you want to talk to me?" "Well, it's to do with a complaint that's been made about your work."
• "But I didn't have any money." "What has that got to do with it? You still shouldn't have taken my purse without asking me."
• She's refused to have anything (more) to do with him since he was arrested for drinking and driving.
• "I thought I should tell you I saw your son smoking today." "Mind your own business, would you? It has nothing to do with you what my son does!"
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Linking and relating ↑Regarding and concerning

DEAL WITH

6. <E > transitive to deal with; to be responsible for
• Lucia is going to do the publicity for the school play.
• If they ask any awkward questions, just let me do the talking.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Dealing with things or people ↑Acting and acts ↑Coping and not coping ↑Tolerating and enduring

• I find it convenient to be able to do my banking by phone.
• I've got enough work to do at the moment, without being given any more.
• Why should I have to do all the cleaning? It's not fair!
• "I'll do the cooking, " he offered.
• It's a big garden, but we do all the gardening ourselves.

STUDY

7. <I > transitive to study a subject
• Diane did anthropology at university.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Knowing and learning

• "What degree did you do at York?" "Geography."
• Tim did a three-year course in linguistics at Newcastle.
• She did English literature at St Andrews before going abroad to teach.
• Richard did engineering at Manchester University.
• This problem should be easy enough for someone who's done physics at A level.

SOLVE

8. <I > transitive to solve, or find the answer to something
• to do a puzzle
• I've never been able to do crosswords.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Solving and solutions

• I do the Times crossword every morning.
• When you finish doing the crossword, the solution is on the back page.
• We spent all evening doing a 1000-piece jigsaw.
• It rained for the entire holiday so they just stayed in and did jigsaws all week.
• I remember how much I hated doing sums when I was at school.

MAKE

9. <I > transitive to make, produce or create something
• I can't come out tonight - I've got to do my history essay.
• + two objects Can you do me 20 photocopies of this report/do 20 photocopies of this report for me?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Creating and producing ↑Inventing, designing and innovation

• He's upstairs doing his homework, believe it or not.
• I've been doing some research on our family history and I've dug up some interesting information.
• Please don't disturb Georgina - she's trying to do her homework.
• In our third year at college everyone had to do a special project.
• He's done some lovely watercolours.

FINISH
10. <A > intransitive If you say that you have done with something or someone, or have done performing a particular action, you mean that you have finished what you were doing with something or someone, or what you were saying to someone, or that you have finished the action
• Have you done with those scissors yet?
• Where the hell are you going? I haven't done with you yet.
• + -ing verb I haven't done talking to you yet.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Abstaining and refraining ↑Causing something to end ↑Coming to an end

CLEAN/MAKE TIDY

11. <A > intransitive or transitive to clean or tidy, or make something look attractive
• I want to do (= clean) the living room this afternoon.
• I cooked the dinner so you can do (= wash) the dishes.
• do your hair/make-up/nails
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Cleaning and tidying places and things

• I'll do your washing for you this time, but I'm not going to make a practice of it.
• Have you done the dishes?
• I like the way you've had your hair done.
• "I'll do the kitchen if you clean the car." "OK, it's a bargain."
• Just put the dirty dishes in the washing-up bowl, and I'll do them later.

ARRANGE

12. <A > transitive to arrange something
• You've done those flowers beautifully.
• Can anyone here do (= tie) bow-ties?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Classifying and creating order

• Where did you have your hair done?
• Give me a couple of minutes while I do my hair.
• Who did the flowers for the wedding? They're beautiful!
• Now come on, you're old enough to do your own shoelaces, Carlo.
• Who did your tie for you? It's not straight.

TRAVEL

13. <A > transitive to travel a particular distance or to travel at a particular speed
• It's an old car and it's done over 80 000 miles.
• My new car does 50 miles to the gallon/30 km to the litre (= uses one gallon of fuel to travel 50 miles, or one litre to travel 30 km).
• We were doing 150 (km an hour) along the motorway.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Travelling
14. <A > transitive to complete a journey
• We did the journey to Wales in five hours.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Travelling

• The new faster trains can do the journey inside two hours.
• I could do that journey with my eyes shut.
• My car only does about 60 mph, even when it's going flat out.
• They did the last stage of their journey on foot.
• We were doing 90mph, so that other car that passed us must have been really travelling!

BE ACCEPTABLE

15. <A > intransitive or transitive to be acceptable, suitable or enough (for)
• Will this room do or would you prefer one with a shower?
• This kind of behaviour just won't do.
• + to infinitive It doesn't do to criticize your parents.
• I haven't got any grapefruit juice, but I've got some orange juice. Will that do (you)?
• "Is that enough potato, or would you like some more?" "That'll do (= be enough for) me, thanks."
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Being suitable or unsuitable

• Have you got any ID? A driving licence or cheque card will do.
• You don't need to dress up just to go to the pub - jeans and a T-shirt will do.
• "Would you like the metal or plastic one?" "Either will do."
• "More peas?" "No, that'll do, thank you."
• That'll do nicely, thank you.

CAUSE TO HAVE

16. <A > transitive to provide or sell something, or to cause someone to have something
• There's a special offer on and they're doing three for the price of two.
• Do you do travel insurance as well as flights?
• The pub only does food at lunchtimes, not in the evenings.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Giving, providing and supplying ↑Selling

• They do really good food at that restaurant and it's not very expensive either.
• They do really good grub in our local pub.
• The shop round the corner does shoe repairs very cheaply.
• The restaurant does a set lunch on Sundays.
• They're doing a great deal on wine at the local supermarket.

COOK

17. <A > transitive to cook or prepare food
• Who's doing the food for your party?
• + two objects I'll do you some scrambled eggs.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Preparing food ↑Preparing food using heat ↑Providing and serving meals

• I was thinking of doing a meal along the lines of that dinner I did for Annie and Dave.
• I did mostly vegetarian food but put a couple of meat dishes out for the carnivores.
• The fish was done to perfection.
• I've just bought a deep-fat fryer for doing chips.
• I did the dinner so you can do the dishes.

MANAGE

18. <A > intransitive usually + adverb to develop or continue with the stated amount of success; to manage
• How is Mary doing in her new job/school?
• Both the new mother and her baby are doing very well.
• Are your roses doing all right this year?
• Many shops are doing badly because of the economic situation.
• I did rather well when I traded in my car - they gave me a good price for it.
• Alexa has done well for herself (= has achieved great personal success), getting such a highly paid job.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Coping and not coping ↑Dealing with things or people ↑Tolerating and enduring

• I wouldn't say she's rich, but she's doing all right.
• You're doing really well - don't lose heart now.
• I was doing really well with my diet, but I'm afraid I've let it slide recently.
• The whole nation was force-fed government propaganda about how well the country was doing.
• They're doing fantastically well this season.

PLAY

19. transitive to perform a play or to play the part of a character
• The children are doing a play at the end of term.
• She's done all the important Shakespearean roles apart from Lady Macbeth.
• I hope she doesn't do a Helen (= do what Helen did) and get divorced six months after her wedding.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Acting, rehearsing and performing

VISIT

20. transitive informal to visit the interesting places in a town or country, or to look around an interesting place
• We didn't manage to do Nice when we were in France.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Visiting

STEAL

21. transitive informal to enter a building illegally and steal from it
• Our house was done while we were away.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Stealing

CHEAT

22. transitive informal to cheat someone
• Fifty bucks for that old bike! You've been done!
• He did me for a thousand quid for that car.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Cheating and tricking ↑Plotting and trapping

PRISON

23. transitive informal to spend time in prison
• He did three years for his part in the robbery.
• If you're not careful you'll end up doing time again.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Putting people in prison

PUNISH

24. transitive mainly UK informal to punish someone
• If you mess with me again, I'll do you good and proper.
• I got done (= stopped by the police) for speeding on my way home last night.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Punishing and punishments ↑Punishing by causing pain ↑Hitting and beating

TAKE DRUG

25. transitive informal to take an illegal drug
• How long have you been doing heroin?
• I don't do drugs.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Drugs - general words ↑Specific types of drug

HAPPEN

26. be doing
informal to be happening
• This town is so boring in the evening - there's never anything doing.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Occurring and happening
Idioms: Do as you would be done by ▪ That does it! ▪ That will never do! ▪ That'll do! ▪ That's done it! ▪ What's done is done ▪ can't be doing with something ▪ do it ▪ do nothing to somebody
Phrasal Verbs: do away with somebody ▪ do away with something ▪ do for somebody ▪ do somebody down ▪ do somebody in ▪ do somebody out of something ▪ do somebody over ▪ do something for somebody ▪ do something out ▪ do something over ▪ do something up ▪ do up ▪ do without ▪ do yourself in

noun countable [duː] [plural dos ]

TREATMENT

1. UK informal a way of treating people
• There are no special privileges for the managers - we believe in fair dos all round (= equal treatment for everyone) in this company.
• It's a poor do (= a bad/unfair situation) when a so-called developed country can't even provide homes for all its citizens.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Behaving, interacting and behaviour

RULE
2. dos and don'ts
rules about what you must do and must not do in a particular situation
• In the back of the guide there's a list of the dos and don'ts of local etiquette.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Morality and rules of behaviour

PARTY

3. mainly UK informal a party or other social event
• Julie's having a bit of a do for her fortieth birthday.
• It was one of those dos where nobody really knew each other.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Informal words for parties

HAIR

4. US for hairdo
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Hairstyles