Dictionary entry

Puncture

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃə/

Pronunciation

/ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အပေါက်ငယ်ထိုးဖောက်ခြင်း။အပေါက်ငယ်။

Definition

puncture /'pʌŋktʃǝ(r)/ n (က) ဘီးေပါက္ျခင္း။ The car had a puncture. ❍ I got a puncture on the way and arrived late. ❍ mend a puncture. (ခ) အေပါက္ရာ။ She had two small puncture marks in her skin where the snake had bitten her. v ၁။ (က) ေဖာက္သည္။ ေပါက္သည္။ puncture a tyre/ balloon ❍ She was taken to the hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung. (ခ) ဘီးေပါက္သည္။ Both his tyres punctured on the stony road. ၂။ အဟုတ္ႀကီး ထင္ေန သည္ကိုမဟုတ္မွန္း ျပသလိုက္သည္။ puncture sb's illusions/ complacency.

Examples

  1. Their journey was delayed for several hours because of a puncture.