workmanship
/ˈwəːkmənʃɪp/
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American sound/ˈwəːkmənʃɪp/
workmanship
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wor - kman - ship -> workmanship
Myanmar meaning
လုပ်ငန်းလုပ်ရာတွင် ကျွမ်းကျင်မှု အဆင့်၊ ပြုလုပ်သည့် ပစ္စည်းတွင် ပြီးဆုံးမှုအဆင့်။
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workman /'wɜ:kmǝn/ n (pl -men /-mǝn/)
(က) ကာယလုပ်သား။ အလုပ်ကြမ်းသမား။ workmen cleaning the drains.
(ခ) အလုပ်…သူ။ a good/ bad workman ❍ skilled/ unskilled workmen.
❏ workmanlike adj အလုပ်သမားကောင်း ပီသသော။ ကျွမ်းကျင်နိုင်နင်းသော။ She did a very workmanlike job on it. ❍ The team gave a typically workmanlike performance.
❏ workmanship n [U]
(က) လုပ်ငန်းကျွမ်းကျင်၊ နိုင်နင်းမှု။ They admired her workmanship.
(ခ) လက်ရာ။ Our new washing-machine keeps breaking down — it's entirely due to shoddy workmanship.
More examples
- ‘Most of the excavation work will be on the verges but traffic management systems will be in operation on the roads to protect workmen.’
- ‘We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’’
- ‘The directory even lists hourly rates charged by the workmen - a big bonus if you're on a tight budget.’
- ‘One by one the quarries closed and the workmen were forced to find other employment.’
- ‘According to residents no workmen had been seen working there since last week, but they were told to expect them back next Monday.’
- ‘The workmen are believed to have been employed by North Yorkshire County Council.’
- ‘One can readily understand an indemnity against claims brought by workmen in respect of plant or tools belonging to the workmen.’
- ‘The leaks may have been caused by bad workmanship or by movement caused by workmen on the roof doing maintenance.’
- ‘He is in receipt of workmen's compensation and has additional income from occasional employment.’
- ‘Shipwrights now required a labour force of workmen with a different set of skills who could saw to length and fit a ship together according to plan.’
- ‘Town councillors claim workmen continued with the removal even after being warned that they were taking away new crosses.’
- ‘The employer, notionally, gives the workman an unshaped plank of wood, and receives in return a plank that has been sawn and nailed.’
- ‘We spent a fair bit of time up there on the roof, measuring this and that, and my father was explaining how he wanted things done to his workmen.’
- ‘The centre is closed temporarily while workmen carry out major work including the installation of a lift.’
- ‘Staff were faced with a huge mopping-up operation and workmen were called in to repair the roof.’
- ‘Even today workmen in Coldstones Quarry occasionally cut through old mining levels.’
- ‘The tide had reached the ship, and now the workmen labouring about the hull were ankle deep in water.’
- ‘Fairly accurate records were kept of the hours spent by the various workmen employed on the project.’
- ‘The council argue they have been working hard to resolve the issue but Charlotte is refusing to let workmen access the property to repair the damage.’
- ‘Most claims by workmen against their employers are paid for by a trade union.’
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