Dictionary entry

Sacred cow

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

ရိုးရာဓလေ့အရ မြင့်မြတ်သည့် သဘောထား ၊ အဖွဲ့အစည်း။

Definition

sacred /'seÇkrÇd/ adj ၁။ အေလးအျမတ္ထားေသာ။ a sacred rite/ place/ image ❍ sacred buildings such as churches, mosques, temples and synagogues ❍ sacred music (ie for use in religious services) ❍ sacred writings (eg the Koran or the Bible). ၂။ ~ (to sb) အထြတ္အျမတ္ထားေသာ။ Her marriage is sacred to her. ❍ Sacred to the memory of… (eg on a grave) ❍ ( joc ) They've changed the time of the news — nothing is sacred these days. ၃။ ( fml ) အေလးထားအပ္ေသာ။ hold a promise sacred ❍ regard sth as a sacred duty. sacredness n [U] See also SANCTITY ❏ sacred cow n (usu sing ) ( derog ) (သမနိရွည္ၾကာစြာ အ႐ိုးစြဲေနၿပီျဖစ္၍) စံုမိွတ္ ေလးစားျမတ္ႏိုးေနသည့္ အရာ။ This pricing policy owes little to that sacred cow, the free market.

Examples

  1. Sacred art
  2. Jerusalem is sacred to Christians
  3. Muslims
  4. and Jews.
  5. Sacred ground
  6. He has violated one of the profession’s most sacred rules.
  7. We make jokes about everything – nothing is sacred.