spark

spark /spɑ:k/ n

၁။ [C] (က) မီးပွား။ မီးပွင့်။
Sparks from the fire were flying up the chimney. ❍ The fireworks exploded in a shower of sparks. ❍ Rubbing stones together produces sparks which can be used to start a fire. ❍ (fig ) Her criticism of council policy sent sparks flying (ie caused a lot of argument).
(ခ) လျှပ်စစ်မီးပွား။ sparks from a faulty light switch ❍ A spark ignites the mixture of air and petrol in a car engine.
၂။ (က) [sing] ~ of sth တစ်စွန်းတစ်စ။ စိုးစဉ်း။ without a spark of enthusiasm ❍ a speech enlivened by the occasional spark of humour. (ခ) [sing, U] စိတ်အားထက်သန်မှု။ တက်ကြွမှု။ the creative spark which ignites the artist's imagination ❍ All the spark seems to have gone out of her.
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၁။ မီးပွားထွက်သည်။ မီးပွင့်သည်။ I tried to restart the engine, but it wouldn't spark. ❍ The fire is sparking dangerously.
၂။ = SPARK STH OFF
❏ spark sth off [PHRV ] အစပျိုးသည်။ [ဥ] မီးမွှေးပေး သည်။ an increase in consumer spending sparked off by tax cuts ❍ His comment sparked off a quarrel between them.
❏ spark-plug (Brit also sparking-plug ) n မီးပွားပလတ်။ ပလတ်ခေါင်း။ I need a new set of spark-plugs. ❍ CAR
❏ sparky /'spɑ:ki/ adj (Brit infml ) ထက်သန်သော။ တက်ကြွ သော။ a sparky sense of humour ❍ I feel quite sparky this morning.