Entertainment

Definition

entertain /entǝ'teÇn/ v ၁။ ~ sb (to sth) ဧည့္ခံသည္။ I don't entertain very often. ❍ They do a lot of entertaining (ie often give parties, have guests for meals, etc). ❍ Bob and Liz entertained us to dinner last night. ❍ They entertain a stream of visitors throughout the summer. ၂။ ~ sb (with sth) ေျဖေဖ်ာ္သည္။ Could you entertain the children for an hour, while I make supper? ❍ He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes. ၃။ ( fml ) (not in the continuous tenses) လက္သင့္ခံသည္။ He refuses even to entertain the notion that he might be wrong. ❍ I have for some time entertained doubts about the wisdom of government policy. ❏ entertainer n ေဖ်ာ္ေျဖသူ။ a well-known television entertainer. ❏ entertaining adj စိတ္ဝင္စားစရာေကာင္းေသာ။ ၿငီးေငြ႕စရာ မပါေသာ။ ေပ်ာ္စရာေကာင္းေသာ။ a most entertaining speech ❍ The film was very entertaining. entertainingly adv ❏ entertainment n ၁။ [U] ဧည့္ခံျပဳစုျခင္း။ ေျဖေဖ်ာ္မႈ။ ပြဲ။ a budget for the entertainment of clients ❍ a place of entertainment ❍ He fell in the water, much to the entertainment of the children. သူေရထဲလိမ့္က်သြားတာကို ကေလးေတြ အရမ္းပြဲက် သြားတယ္။ ၂။ [C] ေဖ်ာ္ေျဖတင္ဆက္မႈ။ The local entertainments are listed in the newspaper.

Examples

1. The children sang and danced to entertain the crowd.
2. The Duke loved to entertain when he was staying at Windsor.
3. The company had incurred $37
4. 000 in expenses entertaining a client.
5. If de Gaulle entertained hopes of an alliance
6. he was to be swiftly disappointed.