grip
/ɡrɪp/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> grip
(vt,vi) ခိုင်မြဲစွာဆုပ်ကိုင်သည်။ (n) ခိုင်မြဲစွာဆုပ်ကိုင်ခြင်။
၁။ ဆုပ်ကိုင်သည်။ မိသည်။ The child gripped her mother's hand tightly. ❍ The brakes failed to grip (ie engage with and stop the wheels) and the car ran into a wall.
၂။ [ ဥ ] အာရုံ၊ ခံစားမှု စသည်ကို ဖမ်းစား ထားသည်။ I was completely gripped by the play from start to finish. ❍ Terror has gripped the city for days.
n
၁။ [sing] ~ (on sb/ sth) (က) ဆုပ်ခြင်း။ ကိုင်ခြင်း။ ဆွဲဆောင်ခြင်း။ Take a grip on the rope. ❍ I let go/ released my grip and he ran away. ❍ The climber relaxed her grip and fell. ❍ (fig ) The film begins well but gradually loses its grip on one's attention. (ခ) ဆုပ်ကိုင်ပုံ။ ကိုင်ပုံကိုင်နည်း။ Try adjusting your grip on the club/ racket.
၂။ [sing] ~ (on sb/ sth) (က) ချုပ်ကိုင် ခြင်း။ a ruler with a powerful grip on the people/ the country. (ခ) နားလည်၊ သဘောပေါက်ခြင်း။ She doesn't have much of a grip on the job. ❍ I couldn't get a grip on what was going on.
၃။ [U] (မျက်နှာပြင်တွင်) မြဲခြင်း။ tyres which give good grip on the road.
၄။ [sing] လက်တွင်း။ the icy grip of winter ❍ people in the grip of disease/ despair/ poverty.
၅။ [C] လက်ကိုင်။ အရိုး။ a tool with a wooden/ metal grip.
၆။ [C] = HAIRGRIP
၇။ [C] (US ) ခရီးဆောင် လက်ဆွဲအိတ်။ a leather grip.
❏ come/ get to grips with sb [IDM ] ဖမ်းကိုင်သည်။ She was unable to get to grips with her assailant.
❏ come/ get to grips with sth [IDM ] ကိုင်တွယ်သည်။ ဖြေရှင်းသည်။ The voters want somebody who will come to grips with the country’s economic problems.
❏ get/ keep/ take a grip/ hold on oneself [IDM ] (infml ) အားတင်းသည်။ Stop panicking and get a grip on yourself!
❏ gripping adj ဆွဲဆောင်မှုရှိသော။ a gripping account/ film/ story.
- Marguerite took my hand in a surprisingly strong grip.
- [tighten your grip] : Pete tightened his grip on her arm.
- [release/loosen your grip] : She loosened her grip on the steering-wheel.
- I need some winter boots with a better grip.
- [grip on] : The President struggled to regain his grip on power.
- The church no longer has a strong grip on the population.
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