Accident

Definition

accident / 'æksÇdǝnt / n ၁။ [C] မေတာ္တဆ ထိခိုက္ (ဒဏ္ရာရ)မႈ။ be killed in a car / road accident ❍ I had a slight accident at home and broke some glasses. ၂။ [C] တိုက္ဆိုင္မႈ။ Their early arrival was just an accident. ❍ By accident of birth he is entitled to American citizenship. ❏ accident-prone adj ထိခိုက္မႈ ျဖစ္တတ္ [ေသာ]။ She was the most accident-prone of the four children. ❏ accidents will happen [ IDM ] ( saying ) မေတာ္တဆ ထိခိုက္မႈဆိုတာ ရိွေနမွာပဲ။ အေပကၡိ တႏၲရာယဘူတာ။ ❏ by accident [ IDM ] မေတာ္တဆ။ I only-found out about it purely by accident.

Examples

1. A fatal accident on the motorway between Paris and Lyons
2. He was killed in a car accident.
3. The accident was caused by ice on the road.
4. Seven men were killed in a serious mining accident yesterday.
5. A riding/climbing/hunting accident
6. Don’t make such a fuss – it was an accident.
7. To be honest
8. my second pregnancy was an accident.
9. Children can have an accident at night sometimes.