proudly
/ˈpraʊdli/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short oo vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
proud - ly -> proudly
(adv) ဝင့်ကြွားစွာ။
proud /praƱd/ adj (-er, -est )
၁။ (approv ) (က) ~ (of sb/ sth); ~ (to do sth/ that…) ဂုဏ်ယူသော။ မော်ကြွားသော။ a proud father ❍ She's very proud of her new car. ❍ They were rather proud of their success/ of being so successful. ❍ They were proud to be chosen/ that they had been chosen for the team. ❍ Your achievements are something to be proud of. ❍ (ironic ) I hope you feel proud of yourself— you've ruined the game! (ခ) မော်နိုင်သော။ မြတ်နိုးသော။ It was a proud day for us when we won the trophy. ❍ The portrait was his proudest possession.(ဂ) မာနရှိသော။ အောက်မကျို့လိုသော။ မာန်မချ သော။ She had been too proud to ask for help. ❍ They are a proud and independent people.
၂။ (derog ) မောက်မာ သော။ ပလွှားသော။ မာနကြီးသော။ စိတ်ကြီးဝင်သော။ She was too proud to admit she was wrong. ❍ He is too proud now to be seen with his former friends.
၃။ (fml ) ထည်ဝါသော။ ခံ့ညားသော။ The statue stands tall and proud in the main square.
၄။ ~ (of sth) (Brit techn ) မောက်သော။ The cement should be/stand proud of the surface and then be smoothed down later. See also HOUSE-PROUD
❏ do sb proud [IDM ]
၁။ (infml ) အလျှံပယ်ကျွေးမွေး ပြုစု သည်။ The college did us proud at the centenary dinner.
၂။ (US ) ဂုဏ်ယူဖွယ်ဖြစ်သည်။ Her calmness during the crisis did her proud.
❏ proudly adv ဝင့်ကြွားစွာ။ She proudly displayed her prize.
- [proud of] : We’re so proud of her for telling the truth.
- [be proud to do something] : I’m proud to say we made the right decision.
- [proud (that)] : We’re proud that they choose our hotel for their conferences.
- [the proud owner of something] : The next day I became the proud owner of a full set of tools.
- [make someone proud] : You’ve made your mother very proud.
- The country has a proud record of sporting achievement.
- A proud and independent nation of people
- [be too proud to do something] : I was too proud to admit I didn’t understand.
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