stare
/stɛː/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> stare
(v) စိုက်ကြည့် (n) စိုက်ကြည့်ခြင်း
၁။ ~ (at sb/sth) စိုက်ကြည့်သည်။ It's rude to stare. ❍ They all stared in/with amazement. ❍ She didn't like being stared at. ❍ She was staring vacantly into the distance/into space. ❍ LOOK v
၂။ ငေးစိုက် ကြည့်သည်။ He gazed at the scene with staring eyes. ❍ Her lifeless eyes stared at me.
n စိုက်ကြည့်ခြင်း။ ငေးစိုက်ကြည့်ခြင်း။ give sb a cold/hard/rude stare ❍ We received a number of curious stares from passers-by. ❍ Their news was greeted with a blank stare of disbelief.
❏ be staring sb in the face [IDM ] ဘွားဘွားပေါ်နေသည်။ အရှင်းသားပေါ်နေသည်။ Defeat was staring them in the face (ie seemed certain). ❍ The answer to the problem had been staring him in the face all the time.
❏ stare sb out [PHRV ]
အပြိုင်အဆိုင် စိန်းစိန်းကြည့်သည်။ The children were having a competition to see which one could stare the other out.
- It’s rude to stare.
- [stare at] : He lifted his head and stared at her.
- [stare into/out of/through etc] : They sat on the balcony, staring out across the valley.
- He walked up to the house and stared through the window.
- [stare back] : She was staring at me, so I stared back.
- Sad eyes stared out of a freckled face.
- His wild, staring eyes
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