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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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shield

/ʃiːld/

US pronunciation

American sound/ʃiːld/

shield

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> shield

Myanmar meaning

(n) ရှေးဒိုင်း၊ကာ၊လွှား။ ဆုဒိုင်း။ ဒိုင်းပုံအမှတ်တံဆိပ်။ အကာအကွယ်။ စက်စသည်တွင်အရန်းအတား၊အကာအရံ။ (က) ကာသည်။ ကွယ်သည်။ (ခ) ကာသည်။ အရန်းအတားထားသည်။ အကာအကွယ်ပေးသည်။ (v) ကာရံ

Full entry

shield /ʃi:ld/ n

၁။ (က) (ရှေး) ဒိုင်း၊ ကာ၊ လွှား။ (ခ) ဆုဒိုင်း။ win the school boxing shield. (ဂ) ဒိုင်းပုံအမှတ်တံဆိပ်။ ❍ COAT OF ARMS
၂။ ~ (against sth) အကာအကွယ်။ The gunman used the hostages as a (human) shield. ❍ This car polish is an effective shield against rust. ❍ (fig ) hide behind the shield of diplomatic immunity.
၃။ (စက်စသည်တွင်) အရန်းအတား၊ အကာအရံ။ the shield round the handle of a chainsaw.
v
၁။ (က) ~ sb/sth (against/from sth/sb) ကာသည်။ ကွယ်သည်။ shield sth from view (ie prevent it being seen) ❍ shield one's eyes (from the sun) with one's hand ❍ The police officer shielded the girl with his body. ❍ The ozone layer shields the earth against/from harmful radiation. (ခ) ကာသည်။ အရန်းအတားထားသည်။ The gas flame should be properly shielded.
၂။ ~ sb (against/from sb/sth) အကာအကွယ်ပေးသည်။ You can't shield her from prosecution. ❍ I tried to shield him against prying journalists.

More examples

[shield against] : Weapons systems designed to provide a shield against nuclear attack
My relationship with my sister was a shield against the ugliness of our childhood.

Synonyms

protect, guard, defend, shelter, screen, safeguard, absorber, aegis, armament, armor, buckler, buffer, bulwark, bumper, chamber, conceal, cover, cover all bases, cover up, defense, escutcheon, fend, give cover, give shelter, go to bat for, harbor, haven, house, mail, protection, rampart, ride shotgun, roof, secure, security, shotgun, stonewall, take under one's wing, ward, ward off

Antonyms

abandon, attack, dirty deed, disregard, endanger, expose, ignore, impugnment, lay bare, open, reveal, uncover

Cross references

protect guard defend shelter screen safeguard absorber aegis armament armor buckler buffer bulwark bumper chamber conceal cover cover all bases cover up defense escutcheon fend give cover give shelter go to bat for harbor haven house

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