Dictionary entry
Uncouple
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkʌp(ə)l/
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈkʌp(ə)l/
Myanmar Meaning
ချိပ်ဆက်ထားခြင်းကို ဖြုတ်လိုက်သည်။
Definition
uncouple /ʌn'kʌpl / v ~ sth (from sth) (ခ်ိတ္ဆက္ထားသည္ကို) ျဖဳတ္သည္။ uncouple the front of a train (from the rest of it).
Examples
- ‘But on his way back to the tender he unfortunately uncouples the mortar truck
- detaching it from the rest of the train.’
- ‘The academic community has also discussed uncoupling publication from academic credit and creating buying cooperatives but made little progress.’
- ‘A Carman would uncouple the road engine from the train and the cars would be inspected before the yard engine came to take them to the coach yard.’
- ‘Secondly
- notions of performance should be uncoupled from notions of productivity and coupled instead with notions of quality and development.’
- ‘The steam engine that had hauled the MISSIONARY RIDGE LOCAL from Grand Junction was quickly uncoupled from the train
- and driven onto the turntable.’
- ‘Mr Marshall then went back into the tunnel with firemen to uncouple three of the tankers and drive them to safety.’
- ‘The train pulls into the station
- the engine is uncoupled and changes ends
- and then off it goes on its journey
- after a procedure that normally takes approximately six minutes.’
- ‘The carriage which included the two compartments in question was uncoupled and side-tracked.’
- ‘Police particularly want to interview anyone who saw the trailer being uncoupled from the tractor unit or can identify the vehicle which towed it away.’
- ‘Only later did we learn that the towns on the signs indicated where those cars would be uncoupled.’
- ‘By uncoupling our emotions from the film's many acts of violence
- he frees us to draw parallels and make connections with painfully recent history.’
- ‘I need you back over here pronto so we can uncouple the ships.’
- ‘I know the importance of uncoupling the story from the reality.’
- ‘Two wagons had been uncoupled and set up at the far side as back to back dressing rooms.’
- ‘For the media industry
- it is about uncoupling the value of our content from the form in which it is delivered.’
- ‘Finally
- for once the idea of the ‘cutting edge’ has uncoupled itself from the notion that it must be ‘challenging.’’
- ‘Watch the gang silently take over a train
- methodically uncoupling the engine and making off with a shipment of weapons while their adversaries nap in the rear car.’
- ‘The train was pulled into the wye South of the station to uncouple the roadrailers (Amtrak express freight cars) added in Albany and then backed into the station.’
- ‘She reached down and tried to pull the pin to uncouple the old cars
- but it wouldn't budge.’
- ‘The reason we don't do it more is that coupling and uncoupling trains adds to the journey time.’