Dictionary entry

Do a disappearing act

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

[IDM ] အရေးကြီးလျှင် (သူ) ပျောက်နေသည်။ လိုလျှင် (သူ့ကို) ရှာမရ။

Definition

disappear /dÇsǝ'pÇǝ(r)/ v (က) ေပ်ာက္ကြယ္သြားသည္။ The plane disappeared behind a cloud. ❍ My spots have all disappeared. (ခ) ေျပေပ်ာက္သည္။ His anger soon disappeared. ❍ The problem won't just disappear. (ဂ) ေပ်ာက္သည္။ ေပ်ာက္ဆံုးသည္။ My passport has disappeared—it was in my pocket a moment ago. ❍The child disappeared from his home around 4 o'clock. ❍ ( euph ) Things tend to disappear when he's around (ie He steals them). ❏ disappearance /-'pÇǝrǝns/ n [U, C] ေပ်ာက္ေနျခင္း။ ေပ်ာက္ကြယ္ျခင္း။ ပ်က္စီးျခင္း။ At first nobody noticed the child's disappearance. ❍ We are facing the possible disappearance of most of our rain forests. ❍ Many disappearances are the result of terrorist activity. ❏ do a disappearing act [ IDM ] အေရးႀကီးလွ်င္ (သူ) ေပ်ာက္ေနသည္။ လိုလွ်င္ (သူ႕ကို) ရွာမရ။ It's typical of Bob to do a disappearing act just when there's work to be done!

Examples

  1. Dave said good night to everyone and quickly disappeared upstairs.
  2. The moon disappeared behind the clouds.
  3. [disappear from view] : She was still waving as the train disappeared from view.
  4. The symptoms should disappear within a few days.
  5. The letter I had left on my desk had disappeared.
  6. The thousands of people who have disappeared in the war
  7. [disappear from] : She disappeared from a London hotel on Monday and has not been seen since.
  8. [disappear without trace/disappear into thin air] : The couple disappeared without trace while on holiday in France.
  9. ...speculation has been circulating that Mr Gao may have been 'disappeared' by security forces because of his anti-government activity...