knife
/nʌɪf/
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- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> knife
knife /naÇf/ n (pl knives /naÇvz/)
၁။ ဓား။ put the knives and forks on the table ❍ He had been stabbed repeatedly with a kitchen knife. See also CARVING KNIFE, PAPER-KNIFE, PENKNIFE
၂။ ဓားစက်တွင် ဓားသွား။
v ဓားဖြင့်ထိုး၊ ခုတ်သည်။ be knifed to death ❍ The victim had been knifed (in the chest).
❏ at knife-point [IDM ] ဓားထောက်၍။ rob/rape sb at knife-point.
❏ get one's knife into sb/have one's knife in sb [IDM ] [ ဥ ] နောက်ကျောကို ဓားဖြင့် ထိုးသည်။ She's really got her knife into me — everything I do, she criticizes.
❏ knife-edge n (usu sing ) ဓားသွား။ (fig )have knife-edge creases in one's trousers. [ ဥ ] ဘောင်းဘီခေါက်ရိုး တောင့်နေသည်။
❏ the knives are out (for sb) [IDM ] မရမက ဖြုတ်ချရန်၊ နာမည်ဖျက်ရန် တကဲကဲ လုပ်နေသည်။ The knives were out for the chancellor.
❏ like a knife through butter [IDM ] လျှောခနဲ။ The power saw sliced the logs like a knife through butter.
❏ on a knife-edge [IDM ]
၁။ စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားနေခြင်း၊ ဂနာမငြိမ်ခြင်း။ He's on a knife-edge about his exam results.
၂။ မရေရာသော အခြေအနေ။ အတိမ်းအစောင်းမခံခြင်း။ ချိန်ခွင်လျှာ ကစားနေခြင်း။ My future was poised on a knife-edge. ❍ a knife-edge budget/victory.
❏ turn/twist the knife (in the wound) [IDM ] အနာကို ဆားပက်။
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