alternation
/ɒltəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 3rd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
ɒltə - ˈneɪʃən -> alternation
(n) တစ်လှည့်စီ ဖြစ်ပေါ်မှု။
alternate1 /ↄ:l'tɜ:nǝt; US 'ↄ:ltǝrnǝt/ adj
၁။ (နှစ်ခု၊ နှစ်ရပ်) တစ်ခုခြား တစ်ထပ်စီ၊ တစ်ကန့်စီရှိသော။ တစ်လှည့်စီဖြစ်သော။ a dessert made of alternate layers of cream and fruit ❍ alternate triumph and despair.
၂။ တစ် (ရက်၊ ပတ်၊ လ၊ နှစ်) ခြား။ an alternate days (eg on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, etc and not on the days in between) ❍ I visit them on alternate Sundays (ie every second Sunday).
၃။ (esp US ) အခြားသော။ ကွဲပြားခြားနားသော။ an alternate ending/lifestyle.
/'ↄ:ltǝneÇt/ v
၁။ ~ A an B/~ A with B တစ်ခုနှင့် တစ်ခု လှည့်၍ (စိုက်၊ သီကုံး…) သည်။ Most farmers alternate their crops. ❍ He alternated blue beads with white.
၂။ ~ (with sth ); ~ between A and B …နှင့်… အလှည့်ကျ ဖြစ်ပေါ်နေသည်။ …လိုက်…လိုက် ဖြစ်သည်။ …နှင့်…အကြား လည်နေသည်။ alternating dry and rainy days ❍ The weather alternated between rain and sunshine. ❍ Rainy days alternated with dry ones. ❍ Their work alternates between London and New York.
❏ alternating current n [U, C] (abbr AC ) ပြန်လှန် လျှပ်စီး။ Compare DIRECT CURRENT
❏ alternation /ↄ:ltǝ'neÇʃn/ n [U, C] တစ်လှည့်စီ ဖြစ်ပေါ်မှု။ the alternation of day and night.
❏ alternator /'ↄ:ltǝneÇtǝ(r)/ n ပြန်လှန်လျှပ်ထုတ်စက်။ အော်လ်တာနေတာ။
alternate2 /US 'ↄ:ltǝrnǝt/ n (US )
ကိုယ်စားလှယ်။ Your alternate will have to go to that meeting.
- [alternate with] : Wet days alternated with dry ones.
- [alternate between] : His mood alternates between joy and despair.
- Lay the shapes on the fabric, alternating the colours.
- [alternate something with something] : The course allows students to alternate work with education.
- She alternated blues and gospel songs throughout the evening.
- The White House has alternated between tough talk and silence.
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.