Tra từ treat - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. treat [treat treats treated treating] verb, noun BrE [triːt] NAmE [triːt]
verb

BEHAVE TOWARDS SB/STH
1. to behave in a particular way towards sb/sth
•~ sb/sth (with sth) to treat people with respect/consideration/suspicion, etc.
• Treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years.
•~ sb/sth like sth My parents still treat me like a child.
•~ sb/sth as sth) He was treated as a hero on his release from prison.

CONSIDER
2. ~ sth as sth to consider sth in a particular way
• I decided to treat his remark as a joke.
• All cases involving children are treated as urgent.
3. ~ sth + adv./prep. to deal with or discuss sth in a particular way
• The question is treated in more detail in the next chapter.

ILLNESS/INJURY
4. ~ sb (for sth) (with sth) to give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc
• She was treated for sunstroke.
• The condition is usually treated with drugs and a strict diet.
•The hospital treated forty cases of malaria last year.

USE CHEMICAL
5. ~ sth (with sth) to use a chemical substance or process to clean, protect, preserve, etc. sth
•to treat crops with insecticide
•wood treated with preservative

PAY FOR STH ENJOYABLE
6. ~ sb/yourself (to sth) to pay for sth that sb/you will enjoy and that you do not usually have or do
•She treated him to lunch.
•Don't worry about the cost— I'll treat you.
•I'm going to treat myself to a new pair of shoes.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘negotiate’ and ‘discuss a subject’): from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare ‘handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw, pull’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 17th cent.

Collocations:
Injuries
Being injured
have a fall/an injury
receive/suffer/sustain a serious injury/a hairline fracture/(especially BrE) whiplash/a gunshot wound
hurt/injure your ankle/back/leg
damage the brain/an ankle ligament/your liver/the optic nerve/the skin
pull/strain/tear a hamstring/ligament/muscle/tendon
sprain/twist your ankle/wrist
break a bone/your collarbone/your leg/three ribs
fracture/crack your skull
break/chip/knock out/lose a tooth
burst/perforate your eardrum
dislocate your finger/hip/jaw/shoulder
bruise/cut/graze your arm/knee/shoulder
burn/scald yourself/your tongue
bang/bump/hit/ (informal) bash your elbow/head/knee (on/against sth)
Treating injuries
treat sb for burns/a head injury/a stab wound
examine/clean/dress/bandage/treat a bullet wound
repair a damaged/torn ligament/tendon/cartilage
amputate/cut off an arm/a finger/a foot/a leg/a limb
put on/ (formal) apply/take off (especially NAmE) a Band-Aid™/(BrE) a plaster/a bandage
need/require/put in/ (especially BrE) have (out)/ (NAmE) get (out) stitches
put on/rub on/ (formal) apply cream/ointment/lotion
have/receive/undergo (BrE) physiotherapy/(NAmE) physical therapy

Example Bank:
•Chemically treated hair can become dry and brittle.
•Don't treat me like a child!
•He is guilty and should be treated accordingly.
•He treated the idea with suspicion.
•Parents still tend to treat boys differently from girls.
•She was treated for cuts and bruises.
•The drug is effective at treating depression.
•The timber has been treated with chemicals to preserve it.
•These allegations are being treated very seriously indeed.
•They deserve to be treated with patience and respect.
•They treat their animals quite badly.
•We can treat this condition quite successfully with antibiotics.
•You need to treat this wood for woodworm.
•the tendency to treat older people as helpless and dependent
•Remember that chemically treated hair is delicate.
•The crops are treated with insecticide.
•The wood panels will become brittle if not treated with preservative.
•Water is discharged from the sewage works after being treated.
•You should treat people with more respect.
Idiom: ↑treat somebody like dirt
Derived Word: ↑treatable
Derived: ↑treat somebody to something

noun
something very pleasant and enjoyable, especially sth that you give sb or do for them
•We took the kids to the zoo as a special treat.
•You've never been to this area before? Then you're in for a real treat.
•When I was young chocolate was a treat.
•Let's go out for lunch— my treat (= I will pay).
more at trick or treat at ↑trick _n.

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘negotiate’ and ‘discuss a subject’): from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare ‘handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw, pull’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 17th cent.

Synonyms:
pleasure
delight • joy • privilege • treat • honour
These are all words for things that make you happy or bring you enjoyment.
pleasure • a thing that brings you enjoyment or satisfaction: ▪ the pleasures and pains of everyday life ◇ ▪ It's been a pleasure ▪ meeting you.
delight • a thing or person that brings you great enjoyment or satisfaction: ▪ the delights of living in the country
joy • a thing or person that brings you great enjoyment or happiness: ▪ the joys and sorrows of childhood
pleasure, delight or joy?
A delight or joy is greater than a pleasure; a person, especially a child, can be a delight or joy, but not a pleasure; joys are often contrasted with sorrows, but delights are not.
privilege • (rather formal) something that you are proud and lucky to have the opportunity to do: ▪ It was a great privilege to hear her sing.
treat • (informal) a thing that sb enjoyed or is likely to enjoy very much: ▪ You've never been to this area before? Then you're ▪ in for a ▪ real ▪ treat ▪.
honour/honor • (formal) something that you are very pleased or proud to do because people are showing you great respect: ▪ It was a great honour to be invited here today.
the pleasures/delights/joys of sth
It's a great pleasure/joy to me that…
It's a pleasure/delight/joy/privilege/treat/honour to do sth
It's a pleasure/delight/joy to see/find…
a pleasure/delight/joy to behold/watch
a real pleasure/delight/joy/privilege/treat
a great pleasure/joy/privilege/honour
a rare joy/privilege/treat/honour

Example Bank:
•I took the kids to the zoo for a special treat.
•If their latest album is half as good as their last one, we've a real treat in store.
•Snails are a tasty treat for hedgehogs.
•If you have never seen one of these fish than you have missed a treat.
•You've never been to this area before? Then you're in for a real treat./Then you have a real treat in store.

▪ II. a ˈtreat idiom
(BrE, informal)extremely well or good
•His idea worked a treat (= was successful).
•I don't know whether she can act but she looks a treat.
Main entry: ↑treat_idiom