trolley
/ˈtrɒli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtrɒli/
trolley
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
trol - ley -> trolley
Myanmar meaning
ဘီးတပ်တွန်းလှည်း ၊ ခြင်း စားပွဲ (အစားအသောက် သယ်ပိုးရန် ၊ အထုပ်အပိုး သယ်ပိုးရန် ၊ ဝယ်ပြီးသား ပစ္စည်းများကို စုဝေးရန် သုံးရသည်)။ ဓာတ်ရထားတစ်မျိုး။ ယာဉ်တစ်ခုကို မောင်းနှင်ရန် ကောင်းကင်ဓာတ်ကြိုးမှ ဓာတ်အားကို ရယူသည့်တိုင်တွင် တပ်ထားသည့်ဘီး။
Full entry
trolley /'trɒli/ n (pl - eys )
၁။ (Brit ) လက်တွန်းလှည်း။ တွန်းလှည်း။
a luggage trolley ❍ a supermarket trolley. ❍ GOLF
၂။ ဘီးတပ်စားပွဲ။ a drinks trolley. See also TEA TROLLEY
၃။ (US ) = TRAM
❏ off one's trolley [IDM ] (sl ) ဦးနှောက်ချောင်သော။ ပေါက်တောက်တောက်။
❏ trolley bus n ကောင်းကင်ကြိုးဓာတ်အားဖြင့် သွားသောဘတ်စကား။ ထရော်လီ။
More examples
- ‘Supermarkets have experienced a surge in the theft of trolleys and shopping baskets since the introduction of the plastic bags tax earlier this year.’
- ‘When it came to buckling the children into the supermarket trolley, belt use was in direct proportion to attractiveness.’
- ‘It is possible they used a metal trolley to move the stolen goods, which was abandoned outside the building.’
- ‘For some reason, the papers were wheeled around the hall in supermarket trolleys.’
- ‘Just like supermarket trolleys, baggage trolleys have a mind of their own.’
- ‘There was no wheelchair available and she was advised to use an airport trolley.’
- ‘Supermarket trolleys and burned-out cars replaced the brightly coloured barges that once proudly carried grain, coal, wool, salt and timber.’
- ‘A shocking exposé of the British food industry that will make readers look seriously at the contents of their supermarket trolleys.’
- ‘Retailers recognise that some shoppers have no other way of getting their groceries home, so they won't stop people pushing trolleys out of supermarket car parks.’
- ‘Many parents use car seats to carry their babies or secure them in their pushchairs and supermarket trolleys.’
- ‘The government knows older people will be forced out of decent jobs and forced into menial jobs like filling supermarket trolleys and opening doors for a pittance.’
- ‘Supermarket trolleys can cause back strain.’
- ‘Clearing customs at an airport terminal, he insists on pushing a luggage trolley.’
- ‘Many of us spend weekend afternoons pushing the trolley round the supermarket or ambling through a shopping mall.’
- ‘Activists went into the supermarkets, filled trolleys with pasta, and then left them at the checkout counter.’
- ‘Supermarket trolleys are well-known for their irritating tendency to veer from the straight and narrow, apparently at their own whim.’
- ‘The group's services range from treatments to harden metals for aero-engines to providing the shine on metals used in supermarket trolleys.’
- ‘We pay for trolleys in airports and supermarkets, and for parking we either scratch a permit, ‘pay and display’ or ‘park and ride’.’
- ‘I saw several people who, like him, appeared to have their worldly possessions stacked neatly on a metal trolley.’
- ‘Choose a trolley rather than a basket as this offers you more mobility.’
Synonyms
caster, circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, cycle, disk, drum, dumbwaiter, grip car, gyration, gyre, hoop, pivot, pulley, ratchet, revolution, revolving tray, ring, roll, roller, rotation, round, spin, streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley bus, trolley car, turn, twirl, whirl
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