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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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strain

/streɪn/

US pronunciation
American sound/streɪn/
strain
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> strain

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဗီဇ (v) အားစိုက်

Full entry

strain1 /streÇn/ v

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.

strain2 /streÇn/ n

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.

More examples
  • [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.
Synonyms
damage, injure, hurt, pull, sprain, twist, ache, air, ancestry, anxiety, bear down, blood, breed, bruise, brunt, burden, constrict, constriction, crick, descant, descent, diapason, distend, distort, distress, drain, draining, draw tight, drive, effort, endeavor, exert, exert yourself, exertion, extend, extraction, exude, family, fatigue, filter, force, form, go all out, go for broke, grind, hammer, harass, hassle, hint, humor, hustle, injury, irk, jerk, kind, labor, lay, lineage, make a great effort, manner, measure, melody, mind, moil, nervous tension, overexert, overtax, overwork, pain, pedigree, peg away, percolate, pick at, plug, pressure, purify, push, push to the limit, race, rack, refine, riddle, rinsing, screen, seep, separate, shade, sieve, sift, song, sort, soupçon, species, spirit, stock, straining, streak, stress, stretch, strive, struggle, style, subspecies, suggestion, suspicion, sweat, task, tauten, tautness, tax, tear, temper, tendency, tension, tensity, tighten, tinge, tire, toll, tone, touch, trace, trait, trauma, trouble, try, try hard, tune, type, variety, vein, warble, way, weaken, worry, wrench
Antonyms
aid, assist, calm, calmness, compress, conceal, concentrate, contract, corrupt, dirty, discourage, dissuade, ease, energize, fix, health, help, hide, idle, idleness, ignore, information, laze, laziness, lot, mend, peace, placate, please, pollute, procrastinate, refresh, relaxation, release, relief, repress, rest, shrink, soothe, unburden, wellness
Cross references
damageinjurehurtpullspraintwistacheairancestryanxietybear downbloodbreedbruisebruntburdenconstrictconstrictioncrickdescantdescentdiapasondistenddistortdistressdraindrainingdraw tight
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