crowd

crowd /kraƱd/ n [CGp]

၁။ (က) လူအုပ်။ လူစုလူဝေး။
A crowd was already collecting outside the embassy gates. ❍ He pushed his way through the crowd. ❍ Police had to break up the crowd. ❍ crowd control.
(ခ) ပရိသတ်။ The match attracted a large crowd/ a crowd of over 50 000. ❍ The crowd cheered the winning hit.
၂။ [CGp] (infml often derog ) လူသိုက်။ တစ်သိုက်။
the media crowd ❍ I don't associate with that crowd.
၃။ the crowd [sing] (sometimes derog ) လူအများ။ အများသူငါ။ move with/ follow the crowd (ie do as everybody else does) ❍ He prefers to be one of the crowd. ❍ Her linguistic ability sets her apart from the crowd (ie makes her seem very different from and superior to everyone else).
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၁။ ~ about/ around/ round (sb/ sth) ဝိုင်းအုံသည်။ စုရုံး သည်။ We all crowded round (the table) to get a better view.
၂။ ပြည့်နှက်သည်။ ကျပ်ညပ်သည်။ ကြိတ်ကြိတ်တိုးသည်။ Tourists crowded the pavement.
၃။ (infml ) ဖိခိုင်းသည်။ မောင်းသည်။ Don't crowd me— I need time to think!
❏ crowded adj ~ (with sth)
၁။ လူပြည့်ကျပ်နေသော။ crowded buses/ streets/ rooms/ hotels ❍ London was very crowded. ❍ In spring the place is crowded with skiers.
၂။ ပြည့်သိပ်နေသော။ a house crowded with paintings ❍ days crowded with activity ❍ We have a very crowded schedule.
❏ crowd in on sb [PHRV ] စုပြုံပေါ်ထွက်လာသည်၊ ကျ လာသည်။ Memories crowded in on me. ❍ Social problems were crowding in on the country.
❏ crowd into/ onto sth; crowd in [PHRV ] နေရာ ကျဉ်းကျဉ်းထဲ ပြွတ်သိပ်ဝင်သည်။ We'd all crowded into Harriet's small sitting-room. ❍ Spectators crowded onto the terraces. ❍ There's room for everyone if we crowd in a bit.
❏ crowd sb/ sth into/ onto sth; crowd sb/ sth in [PHRV ] ပြွတ်သိပ်သွင်းသည်။ ပြွတ်သိပ်ထည့်သည်။ They crowd people into/ onto the buses. ❍ Guests were crowded into the few remaining rooms. ❍ She crowds too much detail into her paintings.
❏ crowd sb/ sth out (of sth) [PHRV ]
၁။ နေရာ လွတ်အောင် ဖယ်ထုတ်သည်။ The pub's regular customers are being crowded out by tourists.
၂။ မပြိုင်နိုင်အောင် ဖိသည်။ Small shops are being crowded out by the big supermarkets. ကုန်ပဒေသာဆိုင်ကြီးတွေပေါ်လာတော့ ဆိုင် ကလေးတွေ ပြုတ်သွားတယ်။
❏ crowd-puller n (infml ) ပရိသတ်ကို ဆွဲဆောင်နိုင်သော သူ၊ အရာ။
❏ crowds/a (whole) crowd (of) [IDM ] လူအုပ်ကြီး။ လူ အုပ်လိုက်။ It was easy to escape the crowds. ❍ There were crowds of people waiting to get in. ❍ A whole crowd of us arrived at the party uninvited.