bone
/bəʊn/
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US voice -> bone
(n) အရိုး
This fish has a lot of bones in it. ❍ I've broken a bone in my arm. ❍ Her bones were laid to rest (ie Her body was buried). ❍ Buttons are sometimes made of bone.
v အရိုးထွင်သည်။ bone a fish/a chicken/ a piece of beef.
❏ bone china n [U]
အရိုးမှုန့်နှင့် ရွှံ့စေး ရောစပ်ပြုလုပ် ထားသည့် ကြွေထည်နု။
❏ -boned (forming compound adjs )
အရိုး…။ small-boned ❍ large-boned.
❏ bone-dry adj လုံးဝခြောက်သွေ့သော။
❏ bone idle adj (derog ) အပျင်းထူသော။
❏ bone-meal n [U] အရိုးမှုန့် (မြေဩဇာ)။
❏ a bone of contention [IDM ] အငြင်းပွားမှု၏ အရင်းခံ အကြောင်းအရာ။ The border has always been a bone of contention between the two countries.
❏ bone up on (sth) [PHRV](infml) အပြင်းအထန် လေ့လာ ကျက်မှတ်သည်။ I must bone up on my French before we go to Paris.
❏ close to/near the bone [IDM ] (Brit infml )
၁။ ဟုတ်တာဆို နာလိုခံခက်ဖြစ်သော။ မှန်လွန်းသဖြင့် မခံနိုင်ဖြစ်ရ သော။ Some of his comments about her appearance were a bit close to the bone.
၂။ (ပြက်လုံး၊ ဇာတ်လမ်းစသည်) အချို့အတွက် နား၊ မျက်စိ ရှက်စရာဖြစ်သော။ Some scenes in the play are rather near the bone.
❏ cut, pare, etc sth to the bone [IDM ] အကြီးအကျယ် ဖြတ်တောက်သည်၊ လျှော့ချသည်။ Our budget has been pared to the bone.
❏ have a bone to pick with sb [IDM ] စာရင်းရှင်း စရာရှိသည်။ I've got a bone to pick with you. Where's the money I lent you last week?
❏ make no bones about (doing) sth [IDM ] ပွင့်လင်း သည်။ ဝန်ခံသည်။ မတွန့်ဆုတ်။ He made no bones about his extreme left-wing views. ❍ She made no bones about telling her husband she wanted a divorce.
- She fell and broke a bone in her foot.
- Cook the fish, then carefully remove the bones.
- He was thin, and his hip bones stuck out.
- The archaeologists found fragments of bone.
- A chess set with carved bone pieces
- His fans have known since his 2007 Alzheimer’s diagnosis that Pratchett would not make old bones, but his death is still a shock.
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