thoughtfully

thought¹ pt, pp of THINK v

thought² /θↄ:t/ n

၁။ [C often pl ] (က) အတွေး။ စိတ်ကူး။ ထင်မြင်ချက်။ I wrote down my thoughts as they came into my head. ❍ think sad thoughts ❍ I've had a terrible thought—what if she's had an accident? ❍ Let me have your thoughts on (ie Tell what you think about) the subject. ❍ He keeps his thoughts to himself (ie does not tell others what he is thinking).
(ခ) စိတ်ကူး။ အတွေး။ Although she's far away she's still in our thoughts. ❍ Her thoughts turned to (ie She started to think about) what the children were doing.
၂။ (က) [U] စိတ်ကူး။ အတွေး။ psychologists trying to explain the nature of thought ❍ be deep/ lost in thought (ie concentrating so much on one's thoughts that one is unaware of one's surroundings).
(ခ) ဆင်ခြင်ခြင်း။ စဉ်းစားခြင်း။ သုံးသပ်ခြင်း။ After a moment's thought, she gave her answer. ❍ He acted without proper thought. ❍ I've read your proposal and given it some serious thought. ❍ Not enough thought has gone into this essay. ❍ Spare a thought for those less fortunate than you.
၃။ [U] သဘောထား။ အတွေးအခေါ်။ modern/ scientific/ Greek thought.
၄။ [U,C often pl ] ~ of (doing) sth အကြံအစည်။ အကြံ။ စိတ်ကူး။ You can give up all/ any thought(s) of marrying Emma. ❍ The thought of resigning never crossed my mind (ie never occurred to me).
❏ second thoughts; (US) second thought [IDM ] နောက်ပေါက်သည့်စိတ်ကူး။ We had second thoughts about buying the house when we met the neighbours. ❍ On second thoughts I think I'd better go now.
❏ that's a thought [IDM ] ဟုတ်ပါ့။ ဟုတ်လိုက်လေ။ ‘Why don't you try the other key?’ ‘That's a thought. ’
❏ thoughtful /-fl/ adj
၁။ အတွေးနယ်ချဲ့သော။ You're looking very thoughtful. ❍ His face took on a thoughtful expression.
၂။ စဉ်းစဉ်းစားစား (လုပ်တတ် ကိုင်တတ်သော)။ a player who has a thoughtful approach to the game.
၃။ သတိရတတ်သော။ It was very thoughtful of you to send the flowers.
❏ thoughtfully /-fǝli/ adv လေးလေးနက်နက်။ She nodded thoughtfully.
❏ thoughtfulness n [U] သတိရတတ်ခြင်း။ ထောက်ထားတတ် ခြင်း။ his thoughtfulness for others.
❏ thoughtless adj ထောက်ထားစာနာမှုမရှိခြင်း။ a thoughtless remark ❍ I haven't offered you a drink. How thoughtless of me! thoughtlessly adv thoughtlessness n [U]
❏ thought-provoking adj စဉ်းစားမိအောင်စေ့ဆော်ပေးသော။ a thought-provoking article.
❏ without a second thought [IDM ] (Brit ) ချက်ချင်း။ မဆိုင်းမတွ။ He did it without a second thought for the risks involved.