seize
/siːz/
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- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> seize
(v.t) ဖမ်းသည်။ဖမ်းကိုင်သည်။ဆုတ်ကိုင်သည်။
၁။ ဖမ်းကိုင်သည်။ ဖမ်းဆွဲ သည်။ She seized me by the wrist. ❍ He seized my bag and ran off with it. သူ ကျွန်တော့်အိတ်ကိုဆွဲလုပြီး ထွက်ပြေးသွားသည်။
၂။ (က) ဖမ်းဆီး သည်။ သိမ်းသည်။ seize the airport in a surprise attack ❍ The army has seized power. ❍ The men were seized (ie arrested) as they left the building. (ခ) (ရဲစသည်က) သိမ်းသည်။ ဖမ်းဆီးသည်။ 20 kilos of heroin were seized yesterday at Heathrow. ❍ All the company's assets were seized.
၃။ (အခွင့်ကောင်းကို) လက်မလွှတ်တမ်း အသုံး ချသည်။ seize the chance to make some money ❍ seize a three-stroke lead ❍ Seize any opening you can.
၄။ (esp passive) (ပြင်းပြသောဆန္ဒ) ရုတ်တရက်ပေါ်သည်၊ ပေါက် သည်။ Panic seized us. ❍ We were seized by a sudden impulse to run.
❏ seize on/upon sth [PHRV ] မလွှတ်တမ်း အသုံးချသည်။ (ပြန်)ကိုင်သည်။ She seized on my suggestion and began work immediately. ❍ The critics seized on my mistake.
❏ seize up [PHRV ] (စက်)တုံ့ခနဲ ရပ်သွားသည်။ Your engine will seize up if you don't put some more oil in. ❍ (fig ) My joints seem to seize up in the cold weather. အေးတဲ့ရာသီမှာ ငါ့အဆစ်အမျက်တွေ ဆိုင်းသွားသလိုပဲ။
❏ seizure /'si:ʒǝ(r)/ n
၁။ [U, C] ဖမ်းဆီးခြင်း။ သိမ်းခြင်း။ the seizure of power by the army ❍ the seizure of contraband by Customs officers ❍ Police reports claim that substantial seizures of cocaine have been made.
၂။ [C] လေသင်တုန်းဖြတ်ခြင်း။ have a seizure ❍ epileptic seizures.
- ‘Listen, ’ he said, seizing my wrist.
- [seize someone by something] : Before he could run away, she seized him by the collar.
- Hearing a noise, he seized his gun from the drawer.
- Customs officials have seized 100 kilos of cocaine.
- Action was taken to seize criminal assets valued at $200 million.
- Eastern towns were seized by the rebels two years ago.
- The nation’s generals seized power in a coup.
- Robbers tied up security guards and seized the money.
- [seize control] : Their opponents had seized control of the army.
- [seize the initiative] : You must seize the initiative in discussions about salary.
- A wave of panic seized me.
- She was seized by agonizing cramps.
- The prime minister was very seized by the need to build on everything he was seeing in that stadium.
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