shunt
/ʃʌnt/
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American sound/ʃʌnt/
shunt
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Myanmar meaning
(v) ချောင်ထိုးသည်။ လှီးလွဲှသည်။ (က) ရထားရှေ့တိုးနောက်ငင်ဆွဲ၍လမ်းပြောင်းသည်၊ရှန်တိန်လုပ်သည်။ (ခ) ရထားလမ်းလွဲှသည်။
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၁။ (infml ) (usu passive) ချောင်ထိုးသည်။ လှီးလွှဲ သည်။ She's been shunted off to a regional office. ❍ (fig ) After the speech any difficult questions were merely shunted aside (ie not answered directly).
၂။ (က) (ရထားရှေ့တိုးနောက် ငင်ဆွဲ ၍) လမ်းပြောင်း သည်၊ ရှန်တိန်လုပ်သည်။
wagons shunted into a siding.
(ခ) (ရထား)လမ်းလွှဲသည်။
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push, shove, move, force, thrust, jolt, about-face, aim, alter, alternate, assign responsibility, authorize, avert, avoid, away, backslide, be pendent, bypass, call off, capsize, change, change course, change position, consign, convert, curve, dangle, deflect, depart, deter, detour, detract, deviate, devolve, digress, direct, diverge, diversion, divert, double back, entrust, exchange, face about, fend off, flap, fluctuate, foil, forestall, frustrate, give, go back, halt, hand over, hang, hold responsible for, incline, interchange, inverse, invert, look away, loop, lurch, oscillate, palpitate, parcel out, pass on, pendulate, pitch, pivot, preclude, prevent, propel, rearrange, rechannel, recoil, redirect, reel, regress, relapse, relegate, replace, retrace, return, revert, revolve, rock, roll, rotate, rule out, send on errand, send on mission, sheer, shift, shove aside, shy away, sidetrack, stave off, substitute, subvert, suspend, swap, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, switch, swivel, tack, trade, transfer, transform, turn, turn about, turn aside, turn away, turn on an axis, turnabout, twirl, twist, undulate, upset, vary, veer, vibrate, volte-face, wag, waggle, ward off, wave, wheel, whip, whirl, wiggle, wobble, zigzag
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