Dictionary entry
Steamroller
Pronunciation: /ˈstiːmrəʊlə/
Pronunciation
/ˈstiːmrəʊlə/
Myanmar Meaning
လမ်းသစ်များကို ကြိတ်နင်းရသည့် လေးလံသော လမ်းကြိတ်စက်ကြီး။ ဖိခြေ ၊ ဖိနင်းသည့် အင်အား ၊ အင်အားဖြင့် နင်းခြေသည်။ အတင်းအဓမ္မ အင်အားသုံးသည်။
Definition
steamroller /'sti:mrǝƱlǝ(r) / n လမ္းႀကိတ္စက္။ v ဖိႏိွပ္ေခ်မႈန္းသည္။ steamrollering all opposition. ❏ steamroller sb into sth/doing sth [ PHRV] မရမေန အတင္းအဓမၼ လုပ္ခိုင္းသည္။
Examples
- ‘The city passed a resolution in 1987 to name a street in a new development in Rivière-des-Prairies after L' Ouverture
- but the steamrollers never touched the tarmac.’
- ‘Clear the road and keep an eye out for the steamroller.’
- ‘A lone steamroller trundled along what was supposed to be the car park.’
- ‘Watched by thousands
- almost 5
- 000 weapons were flattened by a steamroller or burnt in a pyre.’
- ‘Then he brought in steamrollers to flatten the rubble like parking lots.’
- ‘Now the firm whose steamrollers
- traction engines
- steam trams
- trains and grass cutting equipment contributed to the city's industrial heritage has been recognised.’
- ‘In a single night
- the scaffolding was removed from the facades
- the steamrollers left the streets
- and the earthmovers departed from the parks.’
- ‘Everything from show engines to traction engines
- steamrollers and steam tractors kept spectators intrigued.’
- ‘While some fragments of buildings and heaps of distinguishable rubble littered the area
- most of the area was flattened as if paved by a steamroller.’
- ‘Obscene video tapes and counterfeit CD-ROMs are sometimes ordered crushed by steamrollers
- and I believe mobile phones should suffer the same fate.’
- ‘I have seen drivers behind the wheels of steamrollers and backhoes
- working with freakish intensity
- doing the bidding of a boozemaster who had dangled twelve-packs before them.’
- ‘Until yesterday morning Jack McConnell was standing in the middle of the road watching a steamroller coming towards him.’
- ‘A number of men were working on the road and it is believed the steamroller rolled back dragging Mr Brown underneath.’
- ‘The roadworkers used machinery such as the steamroller and crusher depicted.’
- ‘The steamroller was now a rusty
- immobile
- piece of heavy machinery.’
- ‘A glance over the port rail revealed a steamroller lying on the seabed at 70m.’
- ‘Beside the A6 near Garstang was a family concern contracting with threshing machines
- traction engines and steamrollers.’
- ‘Otherwise this year's gathering will remain untouched featuring everything from traditional fairground rides to traction engines
- steamrollers and wagons.’
- ‘Mr Oldfield
- of London Road
- Clacton
- drove steamrollers used to surface the town's first roads and many in the surrounding district in the early half of the 20th century.’
- ‘‘People are now more religious
- ’ he says above the din of a steamroller smashing chunks of granite into a foundation for the new road.’