Dictionary entry

Refrain

Pronunciation: /rɪˈfreɪn/

Pronunciation

/rɪˈfreɪn/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) ရှောင်ကြဉ် ထိန်းသိမ်းသည်။

Definition

refrain 1 /r'fren/ n ၁။ ထပ္ေက်ာ့ပုဒ္။ သံၿပိဳင္ေကာက္ျခင္း။ I'll sing the verses and you all join in for the refrain. ၂။ သံၿပိဳင္လိုက္ျခင္း။ Complaints about poor food in schools have become a familiar refrain. ❍ The protest began with a small group, but then others took up the refrain. refrain 2 /r'fren/ v ~ (from sth/ doing sth) ( rather fml ) ေအာင့္အည္းထားသည္။ ေရွာင္ၾကဥ္သည္။ refrain from comment/ criticism ❍ Customers are kindly requested to refrain from smoking. ❍ She has wisely refrained from criticizing the government in public.

Examples

  1. [refrain from] : Please refrain from smoking in this area.