worker
/ˈwəːkə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈwəːkə/
worker
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- 2 syllables
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
wor - ker -> worker
Myanmar meaning
(n) အလုပ်သမား
Full entry
worker /'wɜ:kǝ(r)/ n
၁။ (က) (often in compounds) လုပ်သား။ အလုပ်သမား။ car/ factory/ office/ rescue workers. See also BLUE-COLLAR, GUEST WORKER, WHITE-COLLAR
(ခ) (အလုပ်တွင်) …လုပ်တတ်သူ။ agood/ hard/ quick/ slow worker.
(ဂ) (infml ) အလုပ်ကြိုးစားသူ။ That girl is certainly a worker!
၂။ (အထူးသဖြင့်) ကာယ အလုပ်သမား။ Workers are in dispute with management about the pay freeze. ❍ worker participation in decision-making.
၃။ လုပ်သားပျားမ။ a worker bee. Compare DRONE n ၁
More examples
- About 1, 000 workers at the factory lost their jobs.
- [agricultural/clerical/industrial workers] : Less than 40% of agricultural workers are under 40 years old.
- Farm/factory/shipyard workers
- [skilled/unskilled workers] : The company is offering job opportunities for around 50 skilled workers.
- Workers of the world unite!
- A mood of optimism among party workers
- [a good/hard worker] : Jan has always been a hard worker.
- [a poor/slow worker] : He’s a nice man, but quite a slow worker.
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