Shield

Definition

shield /ʃi:ld/ n ၁။ (က) (ေရွး) ဒိုင္း၊ ကာ၊ လႊား။ (ခ) ဆုဒိုင္း။ win the school boxing shield. (ဂ) ဒိုင္းပံုအမွတ္တံဆိပ္။ ❍ COAT OF ARMS ၂။ ~ (against sth) အကာအကြယ္။ The gunman used the hostages as a (human) shield. ❍ This car polish is an effective shield against rust. ❍ ( fig ) hide behind the shield of diplomatic immunity. ၃။ (စက္စသည္တြင္) အရန္းအတား၊ အကာအရံ။ the shield round the handle of a chainsaw. v ၁။ (က) ~ sb/sth (against/from sth/sb) ကာသည္။ ကြယ္သည္။ shield sth from view (ie prevent it being seen) ❍ shield one's eyes (from the sun) with one's hand ❍ The police officer shielded the girl with his body. ❍ The ozone layer shields the earth against/from harmful radiation. (ခ) ကာသည္။ အရန္းအတားထားသည္။ The gas flame should be properly shielded. ၂။ ~ sb (against/from sb/sth) အကာအကြယ္ေပးသည္။ You can't shield her from prosecution. ❍ I tried to shield him against prying journalists.

Examples

1. [shield against] : Weapons systems designed to provide a shield against nuclear attack
2. My relationship with my sister was a shield against the ugliness of our childhood.