coupling
/ˈkʌplɪŋ/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final ng sound
coup - ling -> coupling
(n) နှစ်ခုပူးတွဲ ခြင်း။ နှစ်ခုတွဲ။ ကြားဆက်ပစ္စည်း။
၁။ (ယောကျ်ားမိန်းမ)စုံတွဲ။
married couples ❍ a young/ an elderly couple ❍ Several couples were on the dance floor.
၂။ [sing] (က) ~ (of sth) နှစ် (ခု၊ ယောက် စသည်)။ I saw a couple of men get out. ❍ I'll have a couple of dozen eggs. ❍ Could I ask just a couple more questions? (ခ) အနည်းငယ်။ တစ်…နှစ်…လောက်။ a couple of minutes/ hours/ days/ weeks/ months/ years ❍ She jogs a couple of miles every morning.
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၁။ ~ sb/ sth with sb/ sth ပူးတွဲနေသည်။ ဆက်စပ်နေ သည်။ The name of Mozart is forever coupled with the city of Salzburg. ❍ The bad light, coupled with (ie together with) the wet ground, made play very difficult.
၂။ ~ A on (to B); ~ A and B (together) တွဲချည် သည်။ ချိတ်တွဲသည်။ ချိတ်ဆက်သည်။ two computers coupled together ❍ The dining car was being coupled (on) (to the last coach).
၃။ (rhet or euph ) သံဝါသပြုသည်။
❏ coupling /'kʌplÇŋ/ n
၁။ [U,C] နှစ်ခုပူးတွဲ ခြင်း။ နှစ်ခုတွဲ ။ an unusual coupling of Mozart and Grieg concertos on a cassette.
၂။ [C] ကြားဆက်ပစ္စည်း။
- ‘Has he had any serious girlfriends?’ ‘A couple.’
- [couple of] : A couple of police officers were standing at the door.
- Take a couple of aspirin – you’ll soon feel better.
- There were a couple of things I wanted to discuss.
- The couple first met in 1985.
- A nice young couple have moved in next door.
- Married couples with children
- The room was full of dancing couples.
- The couple at the next table
- She used to rarely say anything, but in the past couple weeks she’s grown confident enough to answer questions out loud.
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