the works

US pronunciation

American soundthe works

theworks

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the - works -> the works

Myanmar meaning

(n [pl]) စက်အစိတ်အပိုင်း။ စက်။ (n [pl]) (infml) အပြည့်အစုံ အားလုံး။

Full entry

work /wɜ:k/ n

၁။ [U] အလုပ်။ လုပ်ငန်း။ His success was due to sheer hard work. ❍ The work of building the bridge took six months. ❍ Years of research work have failed to produce a cure for the disease. ❍ The study of butterflies has been her life's work. ❍ He never does a stroke of (ie any) work. ❍ She put/ set them to work painting the fence. ❍ The work of calculating tax deductions is done by computer. See also DONKEY-WORK
၂။ [U] (က) လုပ်စရာ။ လုပ်ဖွယ်ဆောင်တာ။ အလုပ်။ There is plenty of work to be done in the garden. ❍ I have some work for you to do. See also fieldworK, homework ၁
(ခ) လုပ်ငန်း ဆိုင်ရာ စာရွက်စာတမ်း စသည့် ပစ္စည်းပစ္စယ။ She took her work (eg books and papers) with her into the garden. ❍ She often brings work (eg files and documents) home with her from the office. ❍ His work was spread all over the floor. See also PAPERWORK
၃။ [U] (က) လက်ရာ။ လက်စွမ်း။ an exhibition of the work of young sculptors ❍ Is this all your own work? (ie Did you do it without help from others?) ❍ The craftsmen sell their work to visitors. ❍ She produced an excellent piece of work in the final examination.
(ခ) လက်ချက်။ The damage to the painting is the work of vandals.
၄။ [U] (က) အလုပ်အကိုင်။ အလုပ်။ It is difficult to find work in the present economic climate. ❍ When did you start work here? ❍ She had been out of work (ie without a job) for a year. ❍ She's now back in work (ie She has a job) again. ❍ Police work is mainly routine. ❍ The accountant described his work to the sales staff. ❍ full-time/ part-time/ unpaid/ voluntary work ❍ work experience ❍ work clothes. See also PIECE-WORK, SOCIAL WORK
(ခ) (the မပါဘဲ သုံးသည်။ ) အလုပ်ဌာန။ လုပ်ငန်းခွင်။ အလုပ်။ She goes to/ leaves for work at 8 o'clock. ❍ What time do you arrive at/ get to work in the morning? ❍ I have to leave work early today. ❍ Her friends from work came to see her in hospital.
၅။ [C often pl ] (စာအုပ်၊ ဂီတ၊ ပန်းချီ စသော) လက်ရာ။ the collected/ complete works of Tolstoy ❍ He recognized the sketch as an early work by Degas. Compare WORK OF ART, OPUS
၆။ [U] (physics ) လှုပ်ရှားမှုဖြစ်ပေါ်ရန် အားသုံး ခြင်း။ See also JOULE
၇။ (က) (အထည်ဟော နောက်ဆက်စကား)။ …ထည်။ wickerwork ❍ woodwork ❍ metailwork.
(ခ) (အထည်၊ လက်ရာဟော နောက်ဆက်စကား)။ needlework ❍ brushwork.
(ဂ) (မွမ်းမံခြယ်လှယ်မှု အမျိုးအမည်ပြနောက်ဆက် စကား)။ latticework ❍ paintwork.
(ဃ) (အထည်ကိုယ်ဒြပ် ဟော နောက်ဆက်စကား)။ framework ❍ network ❍ bodywork.
၈။ the works [pl] စက်အစိတ်အပိုင်း။ စက်။ the works of a clock.
၉။ works [pl] (esp in compounds) … လုပ်ငန်း။ roadworks ❍ public works.
၁၀။ works [sing or pl v ] (esp in compounds) စက်ရုံ။ အလုပ်ရုံ။ an engineering works ❍ a brick-works ❍ There has been an accident at the works. ❍ FACTORY
၁၁။ the works [pl] (infml ) အပြည့်အစုံ အားလုံး။ She was wearing a tiara, a diamond necklace and a gold bracelet— the works!
v
၁။ ~ (away) (at/on sth); ~ (under sb) (တစ်ခုခု) လုပ်နေသည်။ (အလုပ်) လုပ်ကိုင်သည်။ I've been working (away) at my essay all day. ❍ Staff work (for) 35 hours per week. ❍ I worked under her (ie with her as my manager) for two years. ❍ He is working on a new novel. ❍ This craftsman works in leather (ie makes leather goods).
၂။ ~ (for sb/sth) (အတွက်၊ အဖို့) အလုပ်လုပ် သည်။ Most people have to work in order to live. ❍ She isn't working now (eg because she has not got a job or has retired). ❍ She works for an engineering company.
၃။ ခိုင်းသည်။ She works herself too hard.
၄။ ~ against/ for sth လုံးပန်းသည်။ ကြိုးပမ်းသည်။ a statesman who works for peace ❍ The committee is working to get the prisoners freed.
၅။ (က) (စက်) အလုပ် လုပ်သည်၊ လည်ပတ်သည်။ a lift/ bell/ switch that doesn't work ❍ The gears work smoothly. ❍ It works by electricity.
(ခ) (စက်ကို) လည်ပတ်စေသည်။ Do you know how to work the lathe? တွင်ခုံကိုင်တတ်ရဲ့လား။ ❍ The machine is worked by wind power.
၆။ ~ (on sb/ sth) စွမ်းသည်။ ထိရောက်သည်။ ဖြစ်မြောက်သည်။ Did the cleaning stuff work (on that stain)? (ie Did it remove it?) ❍ My plan worked, and Igot them to agree. ❍ His charm doesn't work on me (ie does not affect or impress me).
၇။ စီမံ လုပ်ကိုင်သည်။ work a mine/ an oil well ❍ work the land (ie cultivate it) ❍ He works the North Wales area (eg selling a company's goods).
၈။ ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေသည်။ work mischief/ havoc/ magic ❍ work a cure/ change/ miracle.
၉။ ~ sth (into sth) ပုံဖော်သည်။ ပုံသွန်းသည်။ ပုံသွင်းသည်။ နှဲသည်။ work gold/ iron ❍ work clay (ie mix water into it) ❍ work dough (ie when making bread) ❍ work the mixture into a paste. See also WROUGHT
၁၀။ ~ sth (on sth) ပန်းထိုးသည်။ work (a floral pattern on) a cushion cover.
၁၁။ (မျက်နှာ) ရွဲ့သည်။ တွန့်ရှုံ့သည်။ He stared at me in horror, his face working.
၁၂။ စိမ့်ဝင်သည်။ ထွက်နေသည်။ Rain has worked (its way) in through the roof. ❍ The back of your shirt has worked out of your trousers.
၁၃။ ကျွတ်ထွက်သည်။ ကျွတ်ထွက်အောင်လုပ်သည်။ I was tied up, but managed to work (myself) free. ❍ The screw had worked (itself) loose. ❍ Work the nail out of the wood.
❏ at work [IDM ] ဖြစ်နေ၊ ရှိနေသည်။ လုပ်ဆောင် လျက်ရှိသည်။ She suspected that secret influences were at work.
❏ at work (on sth) [IDM ] အလုပ်လုပ်နေသည်။ He is still at work on the painting. ❍ Danger— men at work! (ie on a road sign).
❏ get (down) to/ set to work (on sth/ to do sth) [IDM ] စတင်သည်။ အစပျိုးသည်။
❏ give sb/ sth the works [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ အိတ်သွန် ဖာမှောက် ပြောသည်၊ ပေးသည်။
၂။ ကောင်းကောင်း၊ အစွမ်း ကုန်သသည်။ They gave the car the works and it looks like new.
၃။ ပယ်ပယ်နယ်နယ် နှိပ်လွှတ်သည်။
❏ go/ set about one's work [IDM ] လုပ်သည်။ စလုပ်သည်။ She went cheerfully about her work.
❏ good works [IDM ] ပရဟိတအလုပ်။ လူမှုရေး အလုပ်။
❏ have one's work cut out (doing sth) [IDM ] (infml ) ရသောအချိန်နှင့် အလုပ်ပြီးရန် ခက်သည်။ You'll have your work cut out getting there by nine o'clock.
❏ work around/round to sth/ sb [PHRV ] လိုရာရောက်အောင် စကားစ အတော်ငင်ရသည်။ It was some time before he worked around to what he really wanted to say.
❏ work-basket (Brit ) (US work-bag ) n အပ်ချုပ်ပလုံး။
❏ work sth in [PHRV ] ဖြည့်သည်။ စွက်သည်။ Can't you work in a few more jokes?
❏ work it [IDM ] (infml ) ကြံသည်။ ဖန်သည်။ အကြံအဖန် လုပ်သည်။ Can you work it so that we get free tickets?
❏ work of art n (pl works of art ) အနုပညာလက်ရာ။ a display of works of art ❍ (fig ) The decoration on the cake was a work of art.
❏ work sth off [PHRV ]
၁။ ကြွေးဆပ်ဖို့ ငွေရှာသည်။ work off a large bank loan.
၂။ လျှော့သည်။ work off one's anger on sb ❍ work off excess weight by regular exercise.
❏ the work of a moment, second, etc [IDM ] ခဏလေး နှင့် ပြီးနိုင်သော ကိစ္စ။ It was the work of a few minutes to hide the damage.
❏ work out [PHRV ]
၁။ ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည်။ ဖြစ်လာသည်။ Things have worked out quite well for us.
၂။ ကာယ လေ့ကျင့်ခန်းလုပ်သည်။ I work out regularly to keep fit.
၃။ ဖြေရှင်းနိုင်သည်။ တွက်ချက်နိုင်သည်။ The sum/ problem doesn't work out.
❏ work sb out [PHRV ] သဘောကိုနားလည်သည်။ ဓာတ်ကြောသိသည်။ I've never been able to work her out.
❏ work sth out [PHRV ]
၁။ တွက်ချက်သည်။ I've worked out your share of the cost at £ 10.50.
၂။ အဖြေ ရှာသည်။ ဖော်ထုတ်သည်။ work out a problem/ puzzle/ coded message ❍ Can you work out what these squiggles mean?
၃။ စီစဉ်သည်။ ဖန်တီးသည်။ I've worked out a new marketing strategy. ❍ a well worked-out scheme.
၄။ (usu passive) သတ္တုတွင်း ခန်းသည်။ a worked-out silver mine.
❏ work out at sth [PHRV ] တွက်ချက်ရရှိသည်။ What does our share of the bill work out at?
❏ work sb over [PHRV ] (sl ) (ငွေထွက်အောင်၊ စကား ထွက်အောင်) ထိုးကြိတ်ရိုက်နှက်သည်။ He'd been worked over by the gang because he couldn't pay.
❏ work-shy adj (derog ) လက်ကြောမတင်းသော။ အလုပ် ရှောင်တတ်သော။
❏ work surface n = WORKTOP
❏ work table n (အထူးသဖြင့် အံဆွဲပါ) အလုပ်စားပွဲ။
❏ work to sth [PHRV ] (အစီအစဉ်၊ အချိန်ဇယား စသည်နှင့်) ကိုက်အောင် လုပ်ရသည်။ work to a budget ❍ We're working to a very tight deadline (ie We have little time in which to do the work).
❏ work -to- rule n မူလစည်းကမ်းအတိုင်းမှအပ ပို၍ မလုပ်နိုင်ကြောင်း အလုပ်သမားထု၏ ကန့်ကွက် ဆန္ဒပြမှု။
❏ work towards sth [PHRV ] ရည်မှန်းချက် အောင်မြင်အောင် ကြိုးပမ်းသည်။ We're working towards common objectives.
❏ work sth up [PHRV ] ဖြည်းဖြည်းချင်း တိုးတက် အောင်လုပ်သည်၊ မြှင့်တင်သည်။ work up support for the party ❍ I can't work up any enthusiasm for his idea.
❏ work sb/ oneself up (into sth) [PHRV ] (ဒေါသ၊ သောက စသည် ကြွလာအောင်) မီးထိုးပေးသည်။ Don't work yourself up/ get worked up over such a trivial matter.
❏ work sth up into sth [PHRV ] ပြည့်စုံ ကောင်းမွန် အောင် မွမ်းမံသည်။ I'm working my notes up into a dissertation.
❏ work up to sth [PHRV ] အထွတ်အထိပ်သို့ ဦးတည် မြင့်တက်လာသည်။ ဦးတည်သည်။ The music worked up to a rousing finale. ❍ I wonder what all this is working up to?

More examples

I’ve been working in the garden all day.
[work on] : Our thanks go to everybody who has worked on this project.
[work to do something] : He worked tirelessly to improve safety conditions in the mines.
She always works us too hard.
[work in/with] : He works in oils and acrylics, painting mostly landscapes.
Dominic works part-time.
[work in] : I hope to work in marketing when I’m older.
[work as] : She worked as a journalist.
[work with] : All our nursery nurses are qualified to work with children.
[work for] : She works for a big law firm in the city.
He worked the clubs long before TV made him famous.
The new telephone system seems to be working perfectly.
This pen doesn’t work.
My brain’s not working very well today.
I don’t know how to work this thing.
If this plan doesn’t work, we’ll think of something else.
The strategy seems to be working.
The drug works by blocking the spread of the virus.
Her dazzling performance worked its magic on the audience (=had a good effect on them).
[work for/against someone] : Criticizing your former employer works against you in an interview.
[work in someone’s favour/work to someone’s advantage] : The exchange rate is currently working in the company’s favour.
The strap of one of her sandals had worked itself loose.
She managed to work one hand free.
[work yourself into something] : He was slowly working himself into a panic.

Synonyms

labor, employment, job, vocation, occupation, accomplish, achieve, achievement, act, activity, application, apply oneself, art, article, assignment, attempt, be gainfully employed, be successful, behave, bring about, buckle down, business, calling, care for, carry on, carry out, cause, chore, come off, commission, commitment, composition, contract, contrive, control, craft, create, creation, cultivate, daily grind, deed, design, dig, direct, do, do a job, do business, dress, drive, drudge, drudgery, duty, earn a living, effect, effort, elbow grease, end product, endeavor, execute, exertion, farm, fashion, force, form, freelance, function, functioning, gig, go, graft, grind, grindstone, handicraft, handiwork, handle, have a job, hold a job, hustle, implement, industrial, industry, job-related, knead, knuckle down, line, line of business, livelihood, make, manage, maneuver, manipulate, manufacture, manufacturing, masterpiece, moil, mold, moonlight, move, muscle, mÃ©tier, nine-to-five, nine-to-five it, obligation, occupational, oeuvre, office, operate, opus, output, pains, peg away, perform, performance, piece, plug away, ply, practice, process, produce, product, production, profession, progress, punch a clock, pursue, pursuit, push, racket, react, report, responsibility, run, salt mines, scratch, serve, servitude, shape, skill, slave, slog, slogging, slot, specialization, specialize, stint, strain, stress, strive, striving, struggle, succeed, sweat, swindle, take, take on, task, tend, thing, thrive, tick

Antonyms

abandon, abstain, avocation, be lazy, cease, destroy, destruction, discontinue, discourage, dissuade, entertainment, fail, failure, forget, fun, give up, halt, hate, hobby, idle, idleness, ignorance, ignore, inactivity, indolence, irresponsibility, laze, laziness, let go, lose, loss, mismanage, neglect, not finish, pastime, pause, receive, recreation, refrain, refuse, relax, rest, ruin, stay, stop, unemployment