leakage
/ˈliːkɪdʒ/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
lea - kage -> leakage
၁။ (က) ယိုပေါက်။ စိမ့်ပေါက်။ a leak in the roof (ie allowing rain to enter) ❍ a leak in the gas pipe (ie allowing gas to escape).
(ခ) ယိုပေါက်စိမ့်ပေါက်မှ ယိုစီး လာသောရေ၊ ဓာတ်ငွေ့။ smell a gas leak.
၂။ လျှို့ဝှက် သတင်းပေါက်ကြားခြင်း။ a security leak.
၃။ (sl ) ဆီးသွားခြင်း။ have / take / go for a leak.
v
၁။ (က) စိမ့်သည်။ ယိုသည်။ This boat leaks like a sieve (ie very badly).
(ခ) စိမ့်သည်။ ယိုသည်။ The rain’s leaking in. ❍ Air leaked out of the balloon. ❍ DRIP1
၂။ ~ sth (to sb) ပေါက်ကြားသည်။ a leaked document ❍ Who leaked this to the press?
❏ leakage / 'li:kÇdʒ / n
၁။ [U,C] သတင်းပေါက်ကြားမှု။ ယိုစိမ့်မှု။ the leakage of confidential information ❍ a leakage of toxic waste.
၂။ [C] ယိုစိမ့်ထွက်သော ဆီ၊ ဓာတ်ငွေ့၊ အရာ။ a gas/ oil leakage.
❏ leak out [PHRV ] ပေါက်ကြားသည်။ The details were supposed to be secret but they leaked out somehow.
❏ leaky adj ယိုစိမ့်သော။ မလုံသော။ a leaky ship / kettle / roof.
- The roof is still leaking.
- If the boiler is faulty, it may be leaking dangerous gas.
- [leak from/out of] : Oil was leaking from the pipeline.
- [leak into] : Radioactive water has leaked into the reservoir.
- Staff were interviewed to find out who leaked the story.
- A secret memorandum had been leaked to the press.
- A leaked report
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