Dictionary entry
Nonsense
Pronunciation: /ˈnɒns(ə)ns/
Pronunciation
/ˈnɒns(ə)ns/
Myanmar Meaning
(adj) မဟုတ်တရုတ်။ အဓိပ္ပါယ် မရှိသော စကား။ ပေါက်ကရ။ တောက်တီးတောက်တဲ့။ မဟုတ်မဟတ်။ တွေ့ကရာ။ (n) မဟုတ်တရုတ်
Definition
nonsense /'nɒnsns; US -sens/ n ၁။ [U] မဟုတ္တ႐ုတ္။ အဓိပၸာယ္ မရိွေသာ စကား။ The computer's producing absolute nonsense. ❍ This so-called translation is pure nonsense. ၂။ (က) [U] ေပါက္ကရ။ ေတာက္တီးေတာက္တဲ့။ You're talking nonsense! ❍ ‘I won't go. ’ ‘Nonsense! You must go!’ (ခ) မဟုတ္မဟတ္။ ေတြ႕ကရာ။ Stop that nonsense, children, and get into bed! ❍ He won't stand for any nonsense from the staff. ❏ make a nonsense of sth [ IDM ] အလကား ျဖစ္သြားသည္။ This discovery makes a nonsense of all previous theories. ❍ If people can bribe judges and policemen, it makes a complete nonsense of the legal system. ❏ nonsensical /nɒn'sensÇkl/ adj အဓိပၸာယ္မရိွေသာ။ အၿမီးအေမာက္မတည့္ေသာ။ a nonsensical argument/ remark/ suggestion. nonsensically /-kli/ adv
Examples
- So you believe the nonsense about ghosts?
- [it is nonsense to do something] : It is nonsense to say that they’re not paid enough.
- [it is nonsense for someone to do something] : It is nonsense for her to say you’re not qualified.
- [absolute/utter/complete/total nonsense] : These accusations are absolute nonsense.
- [a load of nonsense] : That’s a load of nonsense.
- [talk nonsense] : I think he was talking nonsense!
- Come on
- no nonsense. Put that coat on and don’t argue.
- [not stand/put up with/take (any) nonsense] : I don’t stand any nonsense from anybody.
- A nonsense poem