ventriloquist
/vɛnˈtrɪləkwɪst/
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American sound/vɛnˈtrɪləkwɪst/
vɛnˈtrɪləkwɪst
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vɛn - ˈtrɪləkwɪst -> ventriloquist
Myanmar meaning
ventriloquist [ventrilckwist] a professional entertainer who can speak so that his voice seems to come from some other person or place, esp from a dummy which he controls. မိမိအသံကို အခြားတစ်ပါးမှ ပေါ်ထွက်လာဟန် ဖန်တီး၍ ဖျော်ဖြေသူ။ ventriloquism (n).
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ventriloquism / ven'trÇlǝkwÇzǝm / n [U]
မိမိအသံကို အခြား တစ်ပါးမှ ပေါ်ထွက်လာဟန် ဖန်တီး၍ ဖျော်ဖြေမှု။
❏ ventriloquist / -kwÇst / n ယင်းအတတ်၌ ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ။ a ventriloquist's dummy.
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- ‘Around this time he had his first puppet made and began to learn ventriloquism.’
- ‘Mrs Richards said: ‘I have done puppet and ventriloquism shows all over the country, but it's great to get the puppets on display in Essex.’’
- ‘He can lecture at some length on the origins of the language, and it's only the mention of ventriloquism that prompts him to digress again.’
- ‘Should pantomime, ventriloquism, and verbiage be mixed?’
- ‘It is a mix of wit, shadow play and mime.’
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