borrow
/ˈbɒrəʊ/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
bor - row -> borrow
(v) ချေးငှားသည်။ အတုယူသည်။ borrows, borrowed, borrowing
borrow /'bɒrǝƱ/ v ~ (sth) (from sb/sth)
၁။ ချေး (ယူ) သည်။ ငှားရမ်း(ယူ)သည်။ ခဏယူသည်။ borrow (money) from the bank/a friend ❍ I've forgotten my pen. Can I borrow yours? ❍ borrow a book from the library. Compare LEND
၂။ (က) အတုခိုးသည်။ borrow freely from other writers ❍ borrow sb's style/methods ❍ Handel borrowed music from other composers. (ခ) (အခြားဘာသာ စကားမှ) မွေးစားသည်။ The expression ‘nouveau riche’ is borrowed from French.
❏ (be living on) borrowed time [IDM ] သေမင်း ခံတွင်း ထဲမှ လွတ်လာပြီး ဆက်လက်အသက်ရှင်နေသည်။ သေနေ့မစေ့သေး ၍ ဆက်လက်အသက်ရှင်နေသည်။
❏ borrower n
ချေးသူ။ ငှားသူ။ Compare LENDER
❏ borrowing n
၁။ [U] ငွေချေး(ယူ)ခြင်း။ high interest rates which help to keep borrowing down ❍ borrowing costs.
၂။ [C] (က) ငှားရမ်းသည့် ပစ္စည်း။ ချေး(ယူ)ငွေ။ The company will soon be able to repay its borrowings from the bank. (ခ) မွေးစားစကားလုံး။ French has many borrowings from English.
- Can I borrow your calculator?
- [borrow something from someone/something] : I borrowed a camera from Alex.
- We borrowed £20, 000 to start up the business.
- [borrow heavily] : He’d borrowed heavily to pay for the car.
- [borrow something from someone/something] : His speech was, to borrow a phrase from Shakespeare, ‘full of sound and fury’.
- English is full of words that have been borrowed from other languages.
- [borrow freely/heavily] : His designs borrow freely from ancient Egyptian art.
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.