Obscurity

Definition

obscure /ǝb' skjƱǝ(r)/ adj ၁။ ေမွးမိွန္ေသာ။ မရွင္းေသာ။ I found the lecture very obscure. ❍ The origins of the disease are still rather obscure. ၂။ မထင္ရွားေသာ။ an obscure German poet ❍ an obscure corner of the world. v ပိတ္သည္။ ကာသည္။ ဆီးသည္။ ဖံုးသည္။ ဖံုးဖိသည္။ Her face was partially obscured by the shadows. ❍ Mist obscured the view. ❍ The facts of the case may have been deliberately falsified or obscured. obscurely adv ❏ obscurity /ǝb'skjƱǝrǝti/ n ၁။ [U] မထင္ေပၚျခင္း။ content to live in obscurity ❍ After years of working in obscurity, he at last found recognition. ၂။ [C] မရွင္းလင္းေသာ၊ လွ်ဳိ႕ကတ္ေသာ အသံုးအႏႈန္း။ a philosophical essay full of obscurities. ၃။ [U] အေမွာင္။ ေမွာင္မိုက္ျခင္း။

Examples

1. Details of this period of Shakespeare’s life remain obscure.
2. The report had been published in an obscure German journal.
3. [somewhat/rather/relatively obscure] : The rules for the competition are somewhat obscure.
4. I’m used to reading obscurely written manuals.