true
/truː/
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(adj) စစ်မှန်သော။ ဖြောင့်မှန်သော။ စစ်။ မှန်။ ချွတ်စွပ်။ ဖြောင့်။ မှန်။ စစ်။ စစ်စစ်။ တကယ့်။ တည့်သော။ အထိုင်၊အနေအထားကျသော။ မှန်မှန်ကန်ကန်။ တိတိကျကျ။ တည့်တည့်။ (adv) ထုံးစံ၊ပုံမှန်စသည်အတိုင်း။
၁။ မှန်သော။ …မှန်။ a true story ❍ Is it true you're getting married? ❍ British theatre is seriously underfunded — and the same is true of/for the film industry. ❍ ‘We've always found somewhere to stay before. ’ ‘True, but we may not always be so lucky. ’ ❍ Unfortunately what you say is all/ only too true. ❍ Her story simply doesn't ring (ie sound) true. ❍ You never said a truer word!
၂။ စစ်မှန်သော။ ဖြောင့်မှန်သော။ …စစ်။ true love ❍ The frog is not a true reptile. ❍ He claimed to be the true heir. ❍ She's a true professional.
၃။ … မှန်။ ချွတ်စွပ်။ ဖြောင့်။ a true copy of a document ❍ The painting is a true likeness of her. ❍ His aim was true. ❍ Do newspapers give us a true analysis of what's going on in the world ?
၄။ ~ (to sth) … မှန်။ …စစ်။ စစ်စစ်။ တကယ့်။ a true friend/ patriot ❍ remain true to one's principles ❍ be true to one's word (ie do as one has promised).
၅။ တည့်[သော]။ (အထိုင်၊ အနေအထား) ကျ[သော]။ Is the wheel true? ❍Make sure the post is true before the concrete sets.
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၁။ မှန်မှန်ကန်ကန်။ တိတိကျကျ။ She spoke truer than she knew.
၂။ တည့်တည့်။ The arrow flew straight and true to its mark.
❏ come true [IDM ] တကယ်ဖြစ်လာသည်။ အဟုတ်ဖြစ်လာ သည်။ It's like a dream come (ie that has come) true.
❏ out of true [IDM ] အံမကျ။ မတည့်။ The door is out of true.
❏ true-blue adj အရိုးစွဲနေသော။ a true-blue ‘Tory supporter’.
❏ one's true colours [IDM ] (often derog ) စရိုက်မှန်။ Once he achieved power he showed (himself in) his true colours.
❏ true-life adj တကယ့်အဖြစ်အပျက်။ a true-life adventure.
❏ true north n [U] မူမှန်မြောက်။
❏ true to sth [IDM ] (ထုံးစံ၊ ပုံမှန် စသည်) အတိုင်း။ True to form (ie As usual), he arrived late. ❍ The movie is very true to life (ie realistic). ❍ Plants grown from seed are not always true to type (ie exactly like the plant that produced the seed).
- The film is based on a true story.
- They used to guarantee housing for all workers, but that’s no longer true.
- [be/hold true (for someone/something)] : The students are excited and the same holds true for their teachers.
- [true of someone/something] : It rains a lot in the northwest, and that is especially true of Cumbria.
- Well, true, he is rich, but is he happy?
- True, I suppose I’ve never thought about it like that.
- [it’s true (that)] : It’s true that my car cost a lot, but it’s a good investment.
- [that may/might be true, but] : ‘They say they are spending record amounts on public education.’ ‘Well, that may be true, but there are still shortages of teachers.’
- Lara never shows her true feelings.
- The study shows that the true cost of nuclear energy is much higher than most people think.
- Lynn has always been a true friend to me.
- Curry was a true champion in every sense.
- Nelson has a true passion for literature.
- [true to] : I will always be true to you.
- [remain/stay true (to someone/something)] : Through the years, Doug remained true to his family.
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