smarten
/ˈsmɑːt(ə)n/
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smar - ten -> smarten
(v.t) ကြော့မော့သည်။သားသားနားနားရှိလာသည်။
smart /sm1:t/ adj (-er , -est )
၁။ သပ်ရပ်ကြော့မော့သော။ You look very smart in your new suit.
၂။ သစ်လွင်တောက်ပြောင် သော။ a smart dress/suit ❍ a smart car.
၃။ (esp US ) တော် သော။ ချက်ချာပါးနပ်သော။ the smartest student in her class ❍ a smart answer/idea ❍ That's where the smart money is (ie That is what clever people are investing in).
၄။ ခေတ်ဆန်သော။ smart restaurants/hotels /shops ❍ She mixes with the smart set.
၅။ ခပ်ဆတ်ဆတ်။ ခပ် စပ်စပ်။ set off at a smart pace ❍ a smart smack with the whip ❍ a smart rebuke from the teacher.
v
၁။ ~ (from sth) စပ်သည်။ ကျိန်းသည်။ The wound was beginning to smart a little. ❍ His eyes were smarting from the dust.
၂။ ~ (from/over/under sth) (စိတ်၌)မခံချိ။ They're still smarting from their defeat in the final.
❏ smart alec /-ælÇk/ (also smarty-pants, smart-arse ) n (infml usu derog ) ငါသိငါတတ်။ She's a real smart alec!
❏ smart card n
ငွေပေးချေရာ၌ငွေသားအစားသုံးနိုင်ရန် ဘဏ်စာရင်း ဆိုင်ရာ အချက်အလက် များ ကို အီလက်ထရွန်နစ် နည်းဖြင့် ထည့်သွင်းထားသည့် ပလတ်စတစ် ကတ်ပြား။ The introduction of smart cards has revolutionized the banking system.
❏ smarten /'sm1:tn/ v ❏ smarten (oneself/sb/sth) up [PHRV ] (esp Brit ) သသည်။ ပြင်သည်။ You'll have to smarten (yourself) up a bit before you go out. ❍ The hotel has been smartened up by the new owners.
❏ smartly adv ကြော့ကြော့မော့မော့ (သို့) ခပ်ဆတ်ဆတ်။ smartly dressed ❍ march smartly into the room ❍ She knocked smartly on the door. smartness n [U]
- Sandy’s looking very smart today.
- A smart blue suit
- Sophie is a smart hard-working student.
- If you were smart, you’d buy now before prices go up.
- They’re smart enough to ask all the right questions.
- Starting a pension scheme now would be a smart move.
- A smart question
- Boys who are punished for being smart in class
- A smart answer/attitude
- [get smart with someone] : Don’t get smart with me!
- One of the smarter suburbs of Rome
- [the smart set] : A restaurant popular with the smart set
- A smart rap on the knuckles
- Smart mines/bombs
- A smartly dressed young man
- He moved pretty smartly to block the goal.
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