squeeze
/skwiːz/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> squeeze
၁။ (က) ဖျစ်သည်။ ညှစ်သည်။ squeeze a tube of toothpaste ❍ squeeze sb's hand (eg as a sign of affection or sympathy) ❍ squeeze the trigger (ie press it towards one) ❍ a doll that cries when you squeeze it ❍ He hugged and squeezed her (tight).
(ခ) ~ sth (out) ရေညှစ်ထုတ်သည်။ Squeeze your swimming-costume out and hang it up to dry.
၂။ (က) ~ sth (from/out of sth) ; ~ sth (out) (ရေ၊ အရည်) ညှစ်သည်။ [ ဥ ] (ခံစားမှုအာရုံ)ငင်ထုတ်သည်။ squeeze the juice out of a lemon ❍ He took off his wet trousers and squeezed the water out. ❍ (fig ) She felt as if every drop of emotion had been squeezed out of her. (ခ) ညှစ်ထုတ်သည်။ squeeze paint from a tube ❍ squeeze out the glue.
၃။ ~ (sb/sth) into, through, etc sth; ~ through, in, past, etc
ဖိသွတ်သည်။ နင်းစွပ်၍ဝတ်သည်။ တိုးဝှေ့ဝင်သည်။ တိုးဝှေ့ ထွက်သည်။ squeeze into a very tight skirt ❍ squeeze through a gap in the hedge/ through a crowd ❍ squeeze (one's way) onto a crowded bus ❍ She squeezed as many books onto the shelf as she could. ❍ There were already six people in the lift, but he managed to squeeze in. ❍ Can you squeeze past/by?
၄။ အကျပ် အတည်းဖြစ်စေသည်။ ညှစ်သည်။ High interest rates are squeezing industry hard. ❍ The banks have had their profits squeezed this year.
၅။ ~ sth (out of sb); ~ sb (for sth) ညှစ်ထုတ်သည်။ ညှစ်ယူသည်။ squeeze more money out of taxpayers/taxpayers for more money ❍ squeeze a promise out of sb ❍ squeeze sb for information.
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၁။ [ C usu sing ] ဖျစ်ခြင်း။ ညှစ်ခြင်း။ ဆုပ်ခြင်း။ give the tube another squeeze ❍ She gave my hand a gentle squeeze.
၂။ [C] ညှစ်ယူရရှိသော အရည်အနည်းငယ်။
a squeeze of lemon (juice).
၃။ [sing]ကျပ်သိပ်သော၊ ကတ်သီးကတ်သတ်ဖြစ်သော အခြေ။ Seven people in the car was a bit of a squeeze. ❍ It was a tight squeeze but we finally got all the clothes into the case.
၄။ [C usu sing ] ငွေကြေးစသည် အကျပ်ရိုက်မှု။ a squeeze on manufacturing industries ❍ a credit squeeze (ie restrictions on borrowing money) ❍ She's just lost her job, so they're really feeling the squeeze.
❏ put the squeeze on sb (to do sth) [IDM ] (infml ) နိုင် ကွက်ကို ကိုင်သည်။
❏ squeeze sb/sth in [PHRV ] အလုပ်များသည့်ကြားမှ ကြံဖန်အချိန်ပေးသည်။ Dr Jackson's very busy this morning but she could probably squeeze you in between appointments.
❏ squeeze sb/sth out (of sth) [PHRV ] ပထုတ်သည်။ an unsuccessful attempt to squeeze Egypt out of the trade negotiations ❍ be squeezed out of the market/the medal winners ❍ Colleagues on the committee had tried to squeeze her out.
❏ squeezer n သစ်သီးအရည်ညှစ်ရန် ကိရိယာ။ a lemon-squeezer.
❏ squeeze (sb) up (against sb/sth) [PHRV ] တိုးတိုးဝှေ့ဝှေ့ နေရာယူသည် (သို့) ညပ်နေသည်။ There'll be enough room if we all squeeze up a bit. ❍ I had to sit squeezed up against the wall.
- Ruth smiled, squeezing his hand affectionately.
- I took a firm grip and squeezed tightly, but nothing happened.
- She squeezed some cream onto her hands.
- Freshly-squeezed orange juice
- He had squeezed through a hole in the fence.
- Passengers were trying to squeeze onto the bus.
- We can only squeeze one more thing into the bag.
- The letters were squeezed together so you could hardly read them.
- Supermarkets are accused of squeezing both customers and suppliers.
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