strain
/streɪn/
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- One strong syllable
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- Short i vowel
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- Clear final sound
US voice -> strain
၁။ အားစိုက်သည်။ အားစိုက်လွန်း၍ (ကြွက်သား၊ အကြော) ဒဏ်ဖြစ်သည်၊ မျက်သည်။ (မျက်စိ) ညောင်းသည်။ (အသံ)နာသည်၊ အက်သည်။ strain a muscle/one's heart ❍ strain one's eyes (eg by reading in a bad light) ❍ strain one's voice (ie by speaking or singing too long or too loudly). ❍ Those cases look very heavy—don't strain yourself.
၂။ အားစိုက်ရသည်။ She spoke very quietly and I had to strain my ears to hear her. ❍ People were straining to see what was going on.
၃။ (အခြေအနေ) တင်းမာစေသည်။ (သည်းခံစိတ်၊ ယုံကြည်မှု)ကုန်ခန်းသည်။ The dispute has severely strained relations between the two countries. ❍ Their constant complaints are straining my patience. ❍ The story certainly strains one's credulity (ie is very hard to believe).
၄။ စစ်သည်။ strain vegetables/tea ❍ strain (off) the water from the boiled cabbage.
n
၁။ (က) [C, U] ပင်ပန်းမှုဒဏ်။ ပူပင် သောကဒဏ်။ အားအင် ကုန်ခန်းခြင်း။ ဝန်ပိခြင်း။ the stresses and strains of modern life ❍ There's a lot of strain at work because we're so busy. ❍ The transport system cannot cope with the strain of so many additional passengers. ❍ She has a lot of personal problems and is under great strain. ❍ Having to concentrate for so long was a real strain. ❍ I found it a strain making conversation with him.
(ခ) ပူပင်သောကဒဏ်။ suffering from nervous strain.
၂။ [C, U] (အကြောတင်ခြင်း၊ မျက်ခြင်း)ဒဏ်။ a groin strain.
၃။ [C, U] (က) ဆွဲအား။ ဆန့်အား။ တင်းအား။ The rope broke under the strain.
(ခ) ဆွဲအားဒဏ်။ rope with a 100 kg breaking strain. ဆွဲ အားဒဏ် ကီလို၁၀၀-ဂရမ်အထိ ခံနိုင် သော ကြိုး။
၄။ [C usu pl ] (fml ) ဂီတသံ။ သီချင်း။ hear the strains of the church organ.
❏ strain at sth [PHRV ] အစွမ်းကုန်အားစိုက်သည်။ ရုန်းကန် သည်။ ကုန်းရုန်း ပယ်လှန်သည်။ rowers straining at the oars ❍ The dogs were straining at the lead, eager to be off.
❏ strain at the leash [IDM ] (infml ) (ချုပ်ချယ်မှုကို) ကုန်းရုန်းပယ်လှန်သည်။ youngsters straining at the leash to escape parental control.
❏ strained adj
၁။ တင်းမာသော။ မပြေပြစ်သော။ There was a strained atmosphere throughout the meeting. ❍ Relations between the two families are rather strained.
၂။ ပင်ပန်းနွမ်းနယ်သော။ စိုးရိမ်သောက ရောက် သော။ She looked very strained when I last saw her—I think she's working too hard.
၃။ မူမမှန်သော။ လုပ်…သော။ a strained laugh.
❏ strainer n အရည်စစ်။ ရေစစ်။ a tea strainer.
❏ strain every nerve (to do sth) [IDM ] အစွမ်းကုန် ကြိုးပမ်းသည်။ The team will be straining every nerve to perform well.
၁။ (usu sing ) ~ (of sth) ဗီဇ။ စရိုက်။ There's a strain of madness in the family.
၂။ မျိုး။ a new strain of wheat ❍ strains of mosquitoes that are resistant to insecticide.
- [a strain on something] : This war will put a great strain on the economy.
- [the strain of something] : I can’t take the strain of another move.
- [under strain] : Eleanor was feeling overworked and under strain.
- [under strain] : All that lifting is putting his back under severe strain.
- A thigh strain
- [strain of] : A strain of human flu virus
- [strain of] : There’s a strain of meanness that runs in their family.
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