expression
/ɪkˈsprɛʃ(ə)n/
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -sion sound
ɪk - ˈsprɛʃən -> expression
(n) မျက်နှာအမူအရာ
expression /Çk'spreʃn/ n
၁။ [C] မျက်နှာထား။ မျက်နှာပေး။ မျက်နှာအမူအရာ။ He didn't notice her expression. ❍ Her face wore a worried/ pained/ peculiar expression. ❍ ‘I don't understand,’ he said, (with) an expression of complete surprise on his face.
၂။ (က) [U] ဖော်ပြခြင်း။ ထုတ်ဖော်ခြင်း။ the expression of grief ❍ The school encourages free expression in art,drama and creative writing. ❍ The poet's anger finds expression (ie expresses itself) in the last verse of the poem.
(ခ) [C] (fml ) ထုတ်ဖော်ပြသမှု။ expressions of concern/ interest/ support ❍ I have not heard a single expression of regret.
၃။ [C] စကားအသုံးအနှုန်း။ He has an irritating habit of using outdated English expressions to show his familiarity with the language. ❍ ‘Shut up’ (meaning ‘Stop talking’) is not a polite expression.
၄။ [U] (တီးမှုတ်ရာ၊ ရွတ်ဆိုရာ၌) ခံစားမှုရသကို ပေါ်လွင်စေခြင်း။ recite a poem with expression ❍ She puts great expression into her violin playing.
❏ expressionless adj ခံစားမှုမပါသော။ အသက်မပါသော။ an expressionless face/ voice/ tone. Compare EXPRESSIVE
- He uses childish expressions like ‘easy-peasy’.
- Avoid colloquial expressions that are out of place in an academic essay.
- [expression on] : She had a puzzled expression on her face.
- [expression of] : I noticed his expression of disgust.
- Searching for new forms of artistic expression
- [expression of] : The expression of anger through violence
- The parade is a public expression of civic pride.
- [give expression to something] : The sombre music gave expression to his deepest feelings of despair.
- Some of the actors need to put a lot more expression into their voices.
- [expression of] : Thank you for all your expressions of sympathy.
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