belt

/bɛlt/

US pronunciation

American sound/bɛlt/

belt

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> belt

Myanmar meaning

(n) ခါးပတ်။ စက်များလည်ပတ်ရန်တပ်ဆင်ထားသော သားရေပတ်။ ရာဘာကွင်းကြိုး။ နယ်တစ်ကြော။ နိုင်ငံနယ်နမိတ်။ (v) ခါးပတ်ပတ်သည်။ခါးပတ်ဖြင့်ဖြစ်စေ၊ အခြားအရာဖြင့် ဖြစ်စေ ရိုက်သည်။

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belt /belt/ n

၁။ ခါးပတ်။ He did up/fastened/tightened his belt. ❍ a belt buckle. ❍ BOXING
၂။ စက်ခါးပတ်ကြိုး။ See also CONVEYOR BELT, FAN BELT
၃။ ရပ်ဝန်း။ a country's cotton/corn/industrial belt ❍ I live in the commuter/stockbroker belt. ❍ a belt of rain moving across the country. See also GREEN BELT
၄။ (sl ) လက်သံပြောင်သော ရိုက်ချက်။ She gave the ball a terrific belt.
v
၁။ (က) ~ sth (up) ခါးပတ် ပတ်သည်။ Your coat looks better belted (up).
(ခ) ခါးပတ်တွင်ချိတ်သည်။ The officer belted his sword on.
၂။ (sl ) လက်သံ ပြောင်ပြောင် ဆော်သည်။ If you don't shut up, I'll belt you (one).
၃။ (sl esp Brit ) တစ်ဟုန်ထိုးသွားသည်။ A car came belting along (the road). ❍ He went belting up the motorway at 90 mph.
❏ below the belt [IDM ] မတရားသဖြင့်။ He know's I'm a bit deaf so his remarks about ‘not paying attention’ were distinctly below the belt.
❏ belt and braces [IDM ] (infml ) လုပ်ငန်း စသည် အောင်မြင်ရေးအတွက် နည်းလမ်း အဖုံဖုံသုံးခြင်း။ a belt-and -braces policy.
❏ belt sth out [PHRV ] (sl ) ကျယ်လောင်စွာ ဆိုသည်၊ တီးသည်၊ ဖွင့်သည်။ a radio belting out pop music ❍ She can really belt out a tune.
❏ belt up [PHRV ]
၁။ (infml ) ထိုင်ခုံခါးပတ် ပတ်သည်။
၂။ (Brit sl ) ငြိမ်စမ်း။ ငြိမ်ငြိမ်နေ။ For goodness sake, belt up, will you?
❏ under one's belt [IDM ] (infml ) ပိုင်ထားသည်။ ရရှိ ထားသည်။ She already has good academic qualifications under her belt. See also LIFEBELT

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Synonyms

strap, girdle, restraint, area, attach, band, bash, bat, beat, belt up, biff, binding, blast, blow, bop, buckle, cincture, clobber, cummerbund, dash, district, drawstring, fasten, hit, hit hard, hurry, layer, line, punch, race, region, ribbon, ring, rush, sash, secure, slam, slug, smack, smash, sock, speed, stretch, strike, string, strip, stripe, supporting band, switch, territory, thrash, thump, tie, tract, waistband, wallop, whip, whop, zone

Antonyms

dawdle, fail, lose, pat, surrender, tap, undo

Cross references

strap girdle restraint area attach band bash bat beat belt up biff binding blast blow bop buckle cincture clobber cummerbund dash district drawstring fasten hit hit hard hurry layer line

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