appearance

appearance /ǝ'pÇǝrǝns/ n

၁။ [C usu sing ] ရောက်လာခြင်း။ ရောက်ရှိလာခြင်း။ ပေါ်လာခြင်း။ The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away. ❍ the appearance of organic vegetables in supermarkets ❍ They finally made their appearance (ie appeared, arrived) at 11.30.
၂။ [C usu sing ] (သတင်းစာ၊ မဂ္ဂဇင်း၊ အသံလွှင့်ချက်၊ ရုပ်သံလွှင့်ချက် စသည်တို့၌) ပါလာခြင်း၊ ထုတ် လွှင့်ခြင်း။ The appearance of these claims in the media is totally unjustified.
၃။ [C] (ပရိသတ်၊ တရားရုံးတော် ရှေ့မှောက်) ရောက်ခြင်း။ His first appearance on the stage was at the age of three.
၄။ [C, U] ပုံပန်း။ Fine clothes added to his strikingly handsome appearance. ❍ The building was like a prison in appearance.
❏ gave every appearance …ပုံ လုံးလုံးပေါက်သည်။ She gave every appearance of being extremely rich.
❏ judge by appearances အပြင်ပန်းအားဖြင့် တန်ဖိုး ဖြတ် သည်။ Don't judge by appearances—appearances can be misleading.
❏ keeping up appearances ဟန်ပန်လေလန် လုပ်သည်။ There is no point in keeping up appearances (ie hiding the true situation and making a show) when everyone knows we're nearly bankrupt.
❏ put in an appearance မျက်နှာပြသည်။ I don't want to go to the party but I suppose I'd better put in an appearance (ie go there and stay a short time).
❏ To all appearances ကြည့်ရတာတော့။ To all appearances he was dead.