Sparking-plug

Definition

spark /spɑ:k/ n ၁။ [C] (က) မီးပြား။ မီးပြင့္။ Sparks from the fire were flying up the chimney. ❍ The fireworks exploded in a shower of sparks. ❍ Rubbing stones together produces sparks which can be used to start a fire. ❍ ( fig ) Her criticism of council policy sent sparks flying (ie caused a lot of argument). (ခ) လွ်ပ္စစ္မီးပြား။ sparks from a faulty light switch ❍ A spark ignites the mixture of air and petrol in a car engine. ၂။ (က) [sing] ~ of sth တစ္စြန္းတစ္စ။ စိုးစဥ္း။ without a spark of enthusiasm ❍ a speech enlivened by the occasional spark of humour. (ခ) [sing, U] စိတ္အားထက္သန္မႈ။ တက္ႂကြမႈ။ the creative spark which ignites the artist's imagination ❍ All the spark seems to have gone out of her. v ၁။ မီးပြားထြက္သည္။ မီးပြင့္သည္။ I tried to restart the engine, but it wouldn't spark. ❍ The fire is sparking dangerously. ၂။ = SPARK STH OFF ❏ spark sth off [ PHRV ] အစပ်ဳိးသည္။ [ဥ] မီးေမႊးေပး သည္။ an increase in consumer spending sparked off by tax cuts ❍ His comment sparked off a quarrel between them. ❏ spark-plug ( Brit also sparking-plug ) n မီးပြားပလတ္။ ပလတ္ေခါင္း။ I need a new set of spark-plugs. ❍ CAR ❏ sparky /'spɑ:ki/ adj ( Brit infml ) ထက္သန္ေသာ။ တက္ႂကြ ေသာ။ a sparky sense of humour ❍ I feel quite sparky this morning.

Examples

1. The protests were sparked by the firing of two restaurant employees.
2. The trial sparked off widespread rioting in London.
3. Their growing reputation had sparked interest from other film-makers.
4. Your article sparked off happy memories for me.
5. A faulty electric blanket sparked a fire in one of the bedrooms.