disaster
/dɪˈzɑːstə/
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Open ah vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
dɪ - ˈzɑːstə -> disaster
(n) ဘေးအန္တရာယ်
disaster /dÇ'zɑ:stǝ(r); US -'zæs-/ n
၁။ (က) [C] ဘေးဒုက္ခ။ ကပ်ဆိုက်မှု။ ဘေးအန္တရာယ်။
an air/sea/train disaster ❍ Thousands died in the disaster. ❍ Then disaster struck. ❍ a natural disaster (ie an accident, such as an EARTHQUAKE or a flood, that is not caused by human beings) ❍ After the devastation caused by the hurricane, the President officially declared the region a disaster area.
(ခ) [C, U] ပျက်ကိန်း။ ဒုက္ခ။ ကံဆိုးခြင်း။ Losing your job needn't be such a disaster. ❍ If I forget to telephone her it will be a disaster! ❍ We all had a sense of impending disaster.
၂။ [C, U] (infml ) မအောင်မြင်မှု။ မစွံခြင်း။ ချာခြင်း။
As a teacher, he's a disaster. ❍ The play's first night was a disaster. ❍ His career is a story of utter disaster.
❏ disastrous /dÇ'zɑ:strǝs; US -'zæs-/ adj ဆိုးဝါးသော။ ဒုက္ခရောက်စေသော။
a disastrous flood/marriage/decision ❍ Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy. disastrously adv
- A series of disasters forced the company to close down.
- [a natural disaster] : Protect your property from natural disasters such as flooding.
- [disaster strikes] : Disaster struck when the plane’s engine exploded shortly after take-off.
- [end in disaster] : The expedition ended in disaster, with three people being killed.
- [be a disaster for/spell disaster for] : More bad weather would spell disaster for this year’s wheat crop.
- A series of disasters in the kitchen
- My carefully planned party had been a complete disaster.
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