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

  1. ‘According to legend the shamrock
  2. with its three leaves on the single stalk
  3. was used by St. Patrick to explain the mystery of the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish.’
  4. ‘Shannon Airport would be promoted using the shamrock
  5. ‘the most significant symbol of Ireland in the minds of people throughout the world.’’
  6. ‘Irish heritage campaigners delighted as city street vendors begin selling small bundles of old fashioned fresh shamrocks for £2.50.’
  7. ‘Green also became associated with this feast day (St. Patrick's Day) because it is the colour of spring
  8. Ireland and the shamrock.’
  9. ‘The vegetable gardens spread out from the house
  10. laced with marigolds and a purple ground cover that looks like shamrocks: trebol
  11. in Spanish.’
  12. ‘It also explains why the shamrock is the national symbol of Ireland.’
  13. ‘Among these borrowed motifs are fleurs-de-lis
  14. shamrocks
  15. and various other flora
  16. including
  17. after 1876
  18. the Canadian maple leaf.’
  19. ‘There were paper chains hung from the window-frames
  20. construction paper shamrocks Scotch-taped to the glass.’
  21. ‘Decorated with intricate knot work
  22. a harp and a shamrock
  23. the emblems of the brigade
  24. and with a bronze Irish wolfhound at the foot of the cross
  25. it is reckoned by many to be the most beautiful memorial on the battlefield.’
  26. ‘The national emblem is a carved Irish shamrock adorning Government House
  27. and the island's flag and crest show a woman with a cross and harp.’