lick
/lɪk/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> lick
(v) လျှာဖြင့်လျှက်သည်။ (n) လျှာဖြင့်လျက်ခြင်း
lick / lÇk / v
၁။ (က) လျှာဖြင့်လျက်သည်။
lick the back of a postage stamp ❍ He licked his fingers. ❍ The cat was licking its fur. ❍ He licked the spoon clean. (ခ) လျက်သည်။ lick honey off a spoon ❍ The cat licked up the milk.
၂။ (လှိုင်းလုံး)ရိုက်ခတ်သည်။ (မီးလျှံ) ဟပ်သည်။ Flames began to lick the furniture.
၃။ (sl ) လွယ်ကူစွာ အနိုင်ရရှိသည်။ We thought we had them licked.
n
၁။ [C] တစ်စုံတစ်ခုကို လျှာဖြင့်လျက်ခြင်း။ တစ်တို့။ Can I have a lick of your ice-cream?
၂။ [sing] အနည်းငယ်။ တစ်တို့။ The boat would look better with a lick of paint.
၃။ [sing] (infml ) အဟုန်။ He started the race at a tremendous lick.
❏ lick sb’s arse [IDM ] (⚠ sl ) ဖော်လံဖားသည်။
❏ lick sb’s boots [IDM ] (infml ) ဖော်လံဖားသည်။
❏ licking n [sing] (infml ) ဆော်ပလော်တီးခြင်း။ give sb/get a licking.
❏ lick sb/sth into shape [IDM ] (infml ) ပုံသွင်းသည်။ The new recruits will be fine once they’ve been licked into shape.
❏ lick one’s wounds [IDM ] အရေးရှုံးနိမ့်ပြီးနောက် ပြန်လည် အားယူသည်၊ အားမွေးသည်။ ချုံအောင်း၍ ချိုသွေးနေသည်။ Leeds are still licking their wounds after their humiliating defeat by Rangers.
- The children sat licking ice creams.
- Their dog was still licking itself.
- The kids were licking honey off their fingers.
- [lick at] : The cat was licking at its injured paw.
- [lick something clean] : They would sneak into the kitchen and lick the bowls clean.
- [have someone/something licked] : We’ll soon have this thing licked.
- They thought they had the opposition licked.
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