repellent
/rɪˈpɛl(ə)nt/
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rɪˈpɛlənt
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rɪ - ˈpɛlənt -> repellent
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၁။ တွန်းလှန်သည်။
repel an attacker/attack/invasion ❍ The surface repels moisture (ie does not allow it to penetrate).
၂။ အော့ကြောလန်သည်။
Gratuitous violence repels most people. ❍ She was repelled by his filthy appearance.
၃။ တွန်းကန်သည်။ North magnetic poles repel each other.
❏ repellent /-ǝnt/ adj
၁။ ~ (to sb) ရွံရှာဖွယ်ရာ။ a repellent smell ❍ repellent attitudes/images/behaviour ❍ I find his selfishness repellent. ❍ The idea is repellent to me.
၂။ (in compounds) …စိမ့်မဝင်နိုင်သော။ a water-repellent fabric.
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၁။ (ခြင်စသော ပိုးကောင်များကိုနှင်သော) ဆေး။ …နိုင် ဆေး။ mosquito repellent.
၂။ (အထည်၊ ကျောက်တုံးစသည် တို့ကိုသုတ်လိမ်းရန်) ရေခံဆေး။
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keep away, fend off, drive back, keep at bay, ward off, deter, resist, prevent, hold off, beat back, beat off, brush off, buck, cast aside, chase away, check, confront, cool, cut, decline, disgust, dismiss, disown, dispute, drive away, drive off, duel, fight, force back, force off, give a pain in neck, give cold shoulder to, hold back, induce aversion, keep at arm's length, keep off, kick, knock down, make sick, make you feel sick, nauseate, offend, oppose, parry, push back, put down, put off, put to flight, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, reluct, repulse, revolt, sicken, stand up against, stave off, traverse, turn down, turn off, turn one's stomach, withstand
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