Symbol

Definition

symbol /'sÇmbl/ n ၁။ ~ (of sth) သေကၤတ။ အမွတ္။ သညာ။ The cross is the symbol of Christianity. ❍ The lion is the symbol of courage. ❍ The motor bike for me is a symbol of freedom. See also SEX SYMBOL, STATUS SYMBOL ၂။ ~ (for sth) (ဤ အဘိဓာန္၌ symb ဟု အတို ေကာက္သံုးသည္။ ) သေကၤတ။ algebraic symbols ❍ On maps, a cross is the symbol for a church. ❍ Au is the chemical symbol for gold. ❏ symbolic /sÇm'bɒlÇk/ adj ~ (of sth) သေကၤတျဖစ္ေသာ။ အမွတ္အသားျဖစ္ေသာ။ အထိမ္းအမွတ္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ The cross is symbolic of Christianity. ❍ The two leaders publicly shook hands in a symbolic gesture of friendship. symbolically /-kli/ adv ❏ symbolism /'sÇmbǝlÇzǝm/ n [U] အမွတ္သညာျဖင့္ သ႐ုပ္ ေဖာ္မႈ။ poetry full of religious symbolism. ❏ symbolist /'sÇmbǝlÇst/ n အမွတ္သညာ သ႐ုပ္ေဖာ္ေရးသမား။ the symbolist poet Arthur Rimbaud. ❏ symbolize , -ise /'sÇmbǝlaÇz/ v သညာထားသည္။ သေကၤတ ျဖစ္သည္။ a picture of a red disc with rays coming from it, symbolizing the sun ❍ More than any other figure he symbolizes his country's struggle for independence.

Examples

1. Pagan fertility symbols
2. [symbol of] : A crescent moon was the symbol of the old Ottoman Empire.
3. ‘Fe’ is the symbol for iron.
4. [symbol of] : Many Catholics saw him as a symbol of hope.