Dictionary entry

Stoplight

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

[n] ဘရိတ်မီး။

Definition

brake /breÇk/ n ဘရိတ္။ put on/apply/release the brake(s) ❍ The taxi skidded to a halt with a screech of brakes. ❍ His brakes failed on a steep hill. ❍ Put your foot on the brake (ie the brake pedal in a car, etc). ❍ ( fig ) The government is determined to put a brake on public spending. See also HANDBRAKE, DISC BRAKE v ဘရိတ္အုပ္သည္။ ဘရိတ္ဖမ္းသည္။ The driver braked hard as the child ran onto the road in front of him. ❏ brake light ( US stoplight ) n ဘရိတ္မီး။

Examples

  1. The brakes failed and the car crashed into a tree.
  2. We heard a screech of brakes as Jill’s car pulled up.
  3. [slam on/hit the brakes] : I saw the child run out
  4. so I slammed on the brakes.
  5. [brakes squealing/screeching] : I heard the brakes squealing
  6. then a loud crash.
  7. [put a brake/the brakes on something] : The high level of debt put a brake on economic recovery.
  8. [act as a brake on something] : Inevitably
  9. insufficient funding acts as a brake on medical research.