Eclipse

Definition

eclipse /Ç'klÇps/ n ၁။ [C] (ေန၊ လ)ၾကစ္ျခင္း၊ ၾကတ္ျခင္း။ လငပုပ္ ဖမ္းျခင္း။ a total/partial eclipse of the sun. ၂။ [C, U] (ဩဇာအာဏာ၊ ေက်ာ္ၾကားမႈ စသည္) ေမွးမိွန္သြားျခင္း။ His reputation has suffered something of an eclipse in recent years. ❍ He remained in eclipse for many years after his death. v (often passive) ၁။ (ေန၊ လ) ၾကတ္သည္။ The sun is partly eclipsed (by the moon). ၂။ သူတစ္ပါး၏ အရိွန္အဝါ ေအာက္တြင္ ညိႇဳးမိွန္သြားသည္။ Though a talented player, he was completely eclipsed by the brilliance of his brother.

Examples

1. His performance was eclipsed by Francisco’s winning goal.
2. This tragic accident has eclipsed the two disasters on the railways last year.