skirt
/skəːt/
US pronunciation
American sound/skəːt/
skirt
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US voice -> skirt
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(n) ဂါဝန်
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၁။ (က) (အမျိုးသမီးဝတ်)စကတ်။
a pleated/full/long/short/straight skirt.
(ခ) (ကုတ်အကျီစသည်) ခါးမှ အောက်သို့ ပတ်လည်တွဲလျားကျနေသည့် အပိုင်း။
၂။ ယာဉ်၊ စက်စသည်၏ အခြေပတ်လည်ရှိ အကာ။ the rubber skirt round the bottom of a hovercraft.
v ပတ်သွားသည်။ The road skirts the town to the south. ❍ We skirted (round) the field and crossed the bridge.
❏ skirt round sth [PHRV ] (အကြောင်းအရာ၊ ပြဿနာ စသည်ကို) ရှောင်ကွင်းသည်။
She skirted round the problem of the high cost.
❏ skirting-board ( also skirting) (Brit ) (US baseboard ) n [C,U] အခန်းနံရံ အောက်ခြေ ပတ်လည် ရှိ ပျဉ်ဖုံး။
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kilt, sarong, miniskirt, abut, adjoin, avoid, border, bound, brim, brink, burke, bypass, circle, circumnavigate, circumvent, culottes, define, detour, dirndl, dodge, dress, duck, edge, edge past, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, flank, fringe, go around, hedge, hem, hoop, hug, ignore, lie along, lie alongside, line, margin, midi, mini, neighbor, outskirts, pannier, pass over, perimeter, periphery, petticoat, purlieus, rim, sidestep, skate over, skim over, skip, skirting, steer clear of, surround, tutu, verge
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