Dictionary entry
Shamrock
Pronunciation: /ˈʃamrɒk/
Pronunciation
/ˈʃamrɒk/
Myanmar Meaning
အိုင်ယာလန်နိုင်ငံ၏ အမှတ်တံဆိပ်ဖြစ်သော သုံးရွက်ဆိုင်အပင်။
Definition
shamrock /'ʃæmrɒk/ n [C,U] အိုင္းရစ္အမ်ဳိးသား သေကၤတျဖစ္ေသာ ႏွလံုးပံု အရြက္သံုးရြက္ဆိုင္ထြက္သည့္ ပဲမ်ဳိးရင္းဝင္ အပင္ငယ္။ wearing a /some shamrock on his lapel.
Examples
- ‘According to legend the shamrock
- with its three leaves on the single stalk
- was used by St. Patrick to explain the mystery of the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish.’
- ‘Shannon Airport would be promoted using the shamrock
- ‘the most significant symbol of Ireland in the minds of people throughout the world.’’
- ‘Irish heritage campaigners delighted as city street vendors begin selling small bundles of old fashioned fresh shamrocks for £2.50.’
- ‘Green also became associated with this feast day (St. Patrick's Day) because it is the colour of spring
- Ireland and the shamrock.’
- ‘The vegetable gardens spread out from the house
- laced with marigolds and a purple ground cover that looks like shamrocks: trebol
- in Spanish.’
- ‘It also explains why the shamrock is the national symbol of Ireland.’
- ‘Among these borrowed motifs are fleurs-de-lis
- shamrocks
- and various other flora
- including
- after 1876
- the Canadian maple leaf.’
- ‘There were paper chains hung from the window-frames
- construction paper shamrocks Scotch-taped to the glass.’
- ‘Decorated with intricate knot work
- a harp and a shamrock
- the emblems of the brigade
- and with a bronze Irish wolfhound at the foot of the cross
- it is reckoned by many to be the most beautiful memorial on the battlefield.’
- ‘The national emblem is a carved Irish shamrock adorning Government House
- and the island's flag and crest show a woman with a cross and harp.’