pride
/prʌɪd/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> pride
(n) ဂုဏ်။ ဂုဏ်ယူခြင်း။ ပီတသောမနဿ။ ဂုဏ်ဆောင်။ ကျက်သရေဆောင်။ မာန။ ပလွှားမှု။ သိက္ခာ။ ခြင်္သေ့အုပ်။
၁။ (က) [U] ~ (in sb/sth) ဂုဏ်။ ဂုဏ်ယူခြင်း။ ပီတိသောမနဿ။ You should take more pride in your appearance. ❍ She looked with pride at the result of her work. ❍ He felt a glow of pride as people stopped to look at his garden.
(ခ) [sing] the ~ of sth ဂုဏ်ဆောင်။ ကျက်သရေဆောင်။ The new sports centre was the pride of the town.
၂။ [U] (derog ) မာန။ ပလွှားမှု။ He was puffed up with pride.
၃။ [U] သိက္ခာ။ Her pride was hurt. ❍ Having to accept the money was a blow to her pride.
၄။ [CGp] ခင်္သြေ့အုပ်။
❏ sb's pride and joy [IDM ] မျက်ရှုကြေးမုံ။ The baby is their pride and joy.
❏ pride comes/goes before a fall [IDM ] (saying ) စောင်မာန်ကြွကြွ၊ တက်လွန်းက၊ လျှောကျနောက်ဆုံး ရှိချေ၏။
❏ pride of place [IDM ] အသားပေးထားသည်။ Your picture has pride of place on my mantelpiece.
❏ pride oneself on sth/doing sth [PHRV ] ဂုဏ်ယူသည်။ He prides himself on always remaining calm in an emergency.
- You could see the pride in their faces when they talked about their daughter’s acting career.
- [take/feel/express pride in something] : All the craftsmen take great pride in their work.
- [with pride] : She can certainly look back on her performance with pride.
- [a sense/glow of pride] : It gave her a sense of pride to carry the flag.
- [hurt/wound/injure someone’s pride] : It hurts his pride that his wife has a job and he doesn’t.
- [restore/salvage pride] : Their win has restored national pride.
- Foolish pride
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