name

name / neÇm / n

၁။ [C ] အမည်။ My name is Peter. ❍ Write your name and address here, please. ❍ Do you know the name of this flower? See also CODE-NAME, HOUSEHOLD NAME, MAIDEN NAME, PET NAME
၂။ (က) [sing] နာမည်ကောင်း။ ဂုဏ်သတင်း။ The company has always had a name for reliability. ❍ This kind of behaviour gives students a bad name. ❍ She made a name for herself/ made her name as a writer of children's fiction. (ခ) (esp US ) (in compounds) နာမည် ကြီး။ a big-name company.
၃။ [C] နာမည်ကျော်။ Some of the biggest names in the art world were at the party.
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၁။ ~ sb/sth (after sb); (US ) ~ sb/ sth (for sb) အမည် ပေးသည်။ မှည့်ခေါ်သည်။ He was named after his father (ie given his father's first name). ❍ They named their son John.
၂။ အမည်တပ်၍ ပြောသည်။ Can you name all these plants? ❍ Police have named a man they would like to question. ❍ Everyone was there: John, Karen, Philip, to name but a few (ie giving only these as examples).
၃။ အတိအကျပြောသည်။ Name your price (ie Say what price you want to charge). ❍ They're engaged, but they haven't yet named the day (ie chosen and announced the day on which they will get married). ❍ Chairs, tables, cupboards—you name it (ie anything you can imagine), she makes it.
၄။ ~ sb (as sth) ရွေးချယ်သည်။ ခန့်အပ်သည်။ She has been named as the new head of department.
❏ by name [IDM ] နာမည်နှင့်တကွ။ The headteacher knows all the pupils by name. ❍ I only know her by name . သူ့ကို နာမည်သာ ကြားဖူးပါတယ်။
❏ by/ of the name of [IDM ] အမည်ရှိ။ a young actor by the name of William Devlin.
❏ enter one's name/ put one's name down (for sth) [IDM ] (ကျောင်း၊ ပြိုင်ပွဲစသည်၌) စာရင်းသွင်းသည်။
❏ give one's name to sth [IDM ] တစ်စုံတစ်ခု တီထွင် ဖန်တီးသူ၏ အမည်ဖြင့်တွင်သည်။ Charles Macintosh gave his name to a type of raincoat.
❏ in the name of sb/ sth [IDM ]
၁။ …က အပ်နှင်းထားသော အာဏာအရ။ I arrest you in the name of the law.
၂။ သက်သေပြု၍။ တိုင်တည်၍။ In God's name, what are you doing?
၃။ အတွက်ကြောင့်။ အကြောင်းကြောင့်။ They did it all in the name of friendship.
❏ in name only [IDM ] မည်ကာမတ္တ။ The park exists in name only; houses have been built on the site now.
❏ name-dropping n [U] လူအထင်ကြီးအောင် နာမည်ကြီး အမည်ကို ထည့်သုံးခြင်း။ Name-dropping won't get you accepted any quicker. name-drop v (-pp- )
❏ one's name is mud [IDM ] နာမည်ပျက်ကြောင့် ဆေးဖော် ကြောဖက်မလုပ်။ They won't invite me. My name is mud at the moment.
❏ name names [IDM ] နာမည်ဖော်ပြောသည်။ He said someone had lied but wouldn't name names.
❏ the name of the game [IDM ] အဓိကအချက်။ ပဓာန အချက်။ Hard work is the name of the game if you want to succeed in business.
❏ name-plate n အမည်ဆိုင်းဘုတ်ပြား။ a doctor's name-plate.
❏ put a name to sb/ sth [IDM ] နာမည်မှတ်မိသည်။ I've heard that tune before but I can't put a name to it.
❏ take sb's name in vain [IDM ] နာမည်တစ်လုံးကို မလေးမစား အသုံးပြုသည်။
❏ (have sth) to one's name [IDM ] ပိုင်ဆိုင်သည်။ an Olympic athlete with five gold medals to his name ❍ She hasn't a penny to her name.
❏ under the name (of) sth [IDM ] အမည်ခံ၍။ He writes under the name (of) Nimrod.