under
/ˈʌndə/
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
un - der -> under
၁။ အောက်၌၊ မှာ၊ တွင်။ အောက် သို့၊ ကို။ အောက်။ The cat was under the table. ❍ Have you looked under the bed? ❍ Let's shelter under those trees. ❍ He threw himself under a bus. ❍ The water flows under the bridge. ❍ (fig ) What sign of the zodiac were you born under? Compare OVER prep ၁
၂။ အောက်၌၊ မှာ၊ တွင်။ အောက်။ Most of the iceberg is under the water. ❍ The Channel Tunnel goes under the sea. ❍ She slipped under the bedclothes. ❍ Are you wearing a vest under your shirt?
၃။ အောက်၌၊ မှာ၊ တွင်။ အောက်။ a ladder placed under a window.
၄။ (က) အောက်။ Nobody under eighteen is allowed to buy alcohol. ❍ If you are 25 or under you can buy cheaper tickets. See also UNDER AGE ❍ AGE n (ခ) အောက်။ ယုတ်။ ပျော့ ပျော့။ an annual income of under £ 10000 ❍ It's under a mile from here to the post office. ❍ It took us under an hour. Compare OVER prep ၅
၅။ (က) လက်အောက်မှာ။ အောက်။ The restaurant is under new management. ❍ She has a staff of 19 working under her.
(ခ) လက်အောက်။ အောက်။ Britain under the Tories ❍ The country is now under martial law. ❍ Under its new conductor, the orchestra has established an international reputation.
(ဂ) (ဥပဒေ၊ စည်းကမ်းစည်းမျဉ်း) အရ။ Six suspects are being held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. ❍ Under the terms of the lease you had no right to sublet the property. ❍ Is the radio still under guarantee?
၆။ (မနိုင့်တနိုင်) သယ်လျက်။ ထမ်းရင်း။ She was struggling under the weight of three suitcases. ❍ The wall collapsed under the strain.
၇။ (က) (ပြုပြင်၊ စစ်ဆေးစသည်)ဆဲ ဖြစ်သော။ buildings under repair/ construction ❍ matters under consideration/ discussion/ investigation. (ခ) (လွှမ်းမိုး၊ ဖိစီးမှု) အောက်တွင်။ feeling under stress ❍ He's very much under the influence of the older boys. ❍ You'll be under (an) anaesthetic, so you won't feel a thing. မင်းကို မေ့ဆေးပေးထားမှာ ဖြစ်တဲ့အတွက် မင်းဘာမျှ သိလိုက်မှာမဟုတ်ဘူး။
၈။ (က) နာမည်ခံလျက်။ … အမည်ဖြင့်။ open a bank account under a false name ❍ She also writes under the pseudonym of Barbara Vine. (ခ) ခေါင်းစဉ်အောက်တွင်။ If it's not under "sport", try looking under "games".
၉။ စိုက်လျက်။ စိုက်ထားလျက်။ fields under wheat.
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၁။ အောက်။ If you take a deep breath you can stay under for more than a minute. ❍ The ship went under (ie sank) on its first voyage.
၂။ သတိလစ် (မလို ဖြစ်သည်၊ သွားသည်)။ She felt herself going under.
adj အောက်(မျက်နှာပြင်၊ အလွှာ စသည်)။ the under layer ❍ the under surface of a leaf.
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၁။ (with ns ) (က) (မျက်နှာပြင်) အောက်။ undergrowth ပင်ခြေပိတ်ပေါင်း။ ❍ undercurrent. (ခ) (အသက်…နှစ်) အောက်။ under-fives.
(ဂ) အောက်(အဆင့်)။ under-secretary ❍ undergraduate.
၂။ …လိုသေးသော။ underripe ❍ undercooked ❍ underdeveloped. Compare SUB-
- We took shelter under an oak tree.
- What are you kids doing under the table?
- You might like to place the dish under a hot grill just before serving.
- [from under] : Charlotte saw a light coming from under the door.
- She was wearing a money belt under her sweater.
- I found the letter under a pile of books.
- Plants growing under plastic sheeting
- I think the ball rolled under the sofa.
- Everyone ran under the trees when it started to rain.
- She slid under the quilt and closed her eyes.
- We drove under the bridge and came out into the High Street.
- The cord will have to go under the table and behind the couch.
- The ducks kept diving under the water to catch fish.
- He was the first person to claim there was oil under the North Sea.
- She jumped in the pool and went under.
- There is a working holiday scheme for British citizens, but you have to be under 26.
- Together they control just under 50% of the company.
- A visa is not required for a stay of under three months.
- The car can get from standstill up to 60 miles per hour in under six seconds.
- The nursery is open for children aged four and under.
- The ship came under attack from enemy aircraft.
- A number of proposals are under consideration.
- The building is still under construction.
- Costello’s business dealings have been under investigation by the FBI for months.
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