Dictionary entry

Mettle

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛt(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛt(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အနိုင်မခံအရှုံးမပေးသည့်စိတ်ဓာတ်။ သတ္တသွေး။ အစွမ်းကုန်ကြိုးပမ်းရလျက်။

Definition

mettle /'metl / n [U] အႏိုင္မခံ အ႐ံႈးမေပးသည့္စိတ္ဓာတ္။ သတၱိေသြး။ The next game will be a real test of his mettle. ❍ She really showed/proved her mettle under pressure. ❏ on one's mettle [ IDM ] အစြမ္းကုန္ ႀကိဳးပမ္းရလ်က္။ The team will be on their mettle for the big match.

Examples

  1. [show/prove your mettle] : She has the opportunity to prove her mettle as a manager.