Dictionary entry

Captivity

Pronunciation: /kapˈtɪvɪti/

Pronunciation

/kapˈtɪvɪti/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အကျဉ်းချခံရခြင်း။ လှောင်အိမ်တွင် အထားခံရခြင်း။

Definition

captivity /kæp'tÇvǝti/ n [U] အက်ဥ္းခ်ခံရျခင္း။ ေလွာင္အိမ္တြင္ အထားခံရျခင္း။ He was held in captivity for three years. ❍ Wild animals do not often breed well in captivity.

Examples

  1. The girls should be released from captivity immediately.
  2. [in captivity] : At least a quarter of the prisoners died in captivity.
  3. [in captivity] : Crocodiles that were born in captivity