tear
/tɛː/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
US voice -> tear
tear1 /teǝ(r)/ v (pt tore /tↄ:(r)/ ; pp torn /tↄ:n/)
၁။ (က) ဆုတ် သည်။ ဖြဲသည်။ ပေါက်ပြဲသွားသည်။ a torn handkerchief ❍ tear a sheet of paper in two ❍ He tore his shirt on a nail. ❍ tear a parcel open. ❍ cut v
(ခ) ~ sth in sth ဖြဲသည်။ ဖောက်သည်။ The explosion tore a hole in the wall.
၂။ (က) ဖြဲယူသည်။ ဆွဲခွာသည်။ ဆွဲချွတ်သည်။ tear a page out of a book/a notice from a wall ❍ He tore his clothes off (ie took them off very quickly) and dived into the lake. (ခ) ~ oneself/sb/sth from sb/sth ဆွဲယူသည်။ ရုန်းထွက် သည်။ The child was torn from its mother's arms. ❍ She tore herself loose from his grasp.
၃။ စုတ်သည်။ This material tears easily. ❍ Don't pull the pages so hard or they will tear.
၄။ ပြတ်သည်။ a torn ligament.
၅။ (esp passive) ပြိုကွဲသည်။ ဖြိုဖျက်သည်။ a country torn by war ❍ Ethnic conflict is tearing the region apart.
၆။ တစ်ဟုန်ထိုး သွားသည်။ cars tearing past ❍ She tore out of the house shouting ‘Fire!’
n အပေါက်အပြဲ။ The sheet has a tear in it.
❏ be torn between A and B [PHRV ] မဝေခွဲနိုင်၍ ဒုက္ခ ရောက်သည်။ She was torn between love and duty.
❏ tear sth apart, to shreds, to bits, etc [IDM ] အစိတ်စိတ်အမြွှာမြွှာ ဆုတ်ဖြဲပစ်သည်။ tear sb's hopes to shreds ❍ The critics tore her new play to pieces.
❏ tear at one's/sb's heart [IDM ] စိတ်ထိခိုက်စေသည်။ an issue that tears at the heart of every American.
❏ tear at sth (with sth) [PHRV ] ဆုတ်သည်။ ဖျက်သည်။ He tore at the meat with his bare hands.
❏ tear oneself away (from sb/sth) [PHRV ] အနိုင်နိုင် ခွာခဲ့ရသည်။ Tear yourself away from the television and come out for a walk.
❏ tear sth down [PHRV ] ဖြိုဖျက်သည်။ ဖြိုချသည်။ They're tearing down these old houses to build a new office block.
❏ tear one's hair (out) [IDM ] (infml ) ဆွေ့ဆွေ့ခုန်သည်။ My boss is tearing her hair out about the delay in the schedule.
❏ tear the heart out of sth [IDM ] အညှာကို ဖျက်ချေသည်။ riots that tore the heart out of Los Angeles.
❏ (be in) a tearing hurry, rush, etc [IDM ] ခြေကုန်သုတ် သည်။ There's no need to be in such a tearing hurry—we've got plenty of time.
❏ tear into sb/sth [PHRV ] ပယ်ပယ်နယ်နယ်နှံသည်။
❏ tear sb limb from limb [IDM ] (often joc ) အမဲဖျက် သည်။
❏ tear sb off a strip; tear a strip off sb [IDM ] (infml ) နွှာလွှတ်သည်။
❏ tear sth up [PHRV ] အစိတ်စိတ်အမြွှာမြွှာ ဆုတ်ပစ်သည်။ She tore up all the letters he had sent her. ❍ (fig ) He accused the government of tearing up (ie not honouring) the negotiated agreement.
❏ that's torn it [IDM ](infml )
အကျိုးနည်းပါပေါ့။ ဒါမှဒုက္ခပဲ။
tear2 /tÇǝ(r)/ n
[C usu pl ] မျက်ရည်။ A tear rolled down his cheek. ❍ Her eyes filled with tears. ❍ shed/weep bitter tears ❍ a story that moved/reduced us to tears (ie made us cry) ❍ He burst into tears (ie began to cry). ❍ She was in tears (ie crying) over the death of her puppy. ❍ Most classical music bores me to tears (ie makes me very bored).
❏ tear-drop n မျက်ရည် စက်၊ ပေါက်။
❏ tearful /-fl/ adj
မျက်ရည်ဝိုင်းသော။ မျက်ရည်စက်လက် ဖြစ်သော။ မျက်ရည်ပြည့်လျှမ်းသော။ her tearful face ❍ She became very tearful when she talked about the last time she saw him. tearfully /-fǝli/ adv
❏ tear-gas n [U] မျက်ရည်ယိုဓာတ်ငွေ့။
❏ tear-jerker n (infml )အလွမ်းအဆွေးဇာတ်လမ်း။
- It’s made of very thin material that tears easily.
- He’d torn his raincoat.
- [tear a hole in something] : I’ve torn a hole in my sweater!
- [tear something to pieces/bits/shreds] : Mary tore the letter to pieces without reading it.
- [tear something in two] : Reynolds tore the contract in two.
- [tear something on something] : I must have torn my sleeve on that nail.
- I tore a muscle playing football.
- [tear into/off/past etc] : Those kids are always tearing around here on their bicycles.
- [tear something out/off/away from etc] : You’ll need to tear the old wallpaper off the walls.
- The storm had torn the old tree up by the roots.
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