Moan

Definition

moan /mǝƱn / n ၁။ (က) [C] ညည္းသံ။ the moans of the wounded. (ခ) [sing] ေလတဝူးဝူး တိုက္သံ။ hear the moan of the wind in the trees. ၂။ [C] ( infml ) ညည္းတြား ျခင္း။ We had a good moan about the weather. v ၁။ (က) ညည္းသည္။ ညည္းတြားသည္။ တညည္းညည္း တညဴညဴ လုပ္သည္။ He lay on the floor moaning. ❍ ‘Where's the doctor?’ he moaned. (ခ) တဝူးဝူး ျမည္သည္။ The wind was moaning through the trees. ၂။ ~ (about sth) ( infml ) ညည္းညဴသည္။ Do stop moaning and groaning all the time. ❍ He's always moaning (on) about how poor he is.

Examples

1. There’s no point in moaning and groaning.
2. [moan about] : Ben was moaning about his job again.
3. She moaned softly as he touched her.
4. James continued to moan loudly as the pain intensified.