Dictionary entry
Plague
Pronunciation: /pleɪɡ/
Pronunciation
/pleɪɡ/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) ပုလိပ်ရောဂါ (v) အပူကပ်
Definition
plague /pleÇg/ n ၁။ (က) (also the plague ) [U,sing] = BUBONIC PLAGUE :an outbreak of plague. (ခ) ေရာဂႏၲရကပ္။ the new plague of Aids. ၂။ [C] ~ of sth ကပ္ဆိုး။ a plague of flies/ locusts/ rats. v ~ sb/sth (with sth) ၁။ ဒုကၡေပးသည္။ the strikes which plagued British industry in the 1970s ❍ a team plagued with injury. ၂။ ဖိစီးသည္။ be plagued by doubts/jealousy ❍ She was plagued with arthritis. ၃။ နားပူနားဆာ လုပ္သည္။ အပူကပ္သည္။ plague sb with questions/requests for money ❍ a pop star plagued by autograph hunters.
Examples
- A plague of cholera
- The plague of violence in America today
- A plague of locusts/rats