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

  1. ‘The city passed a resolution in 1987 to name a street in a new development in Rivière-des-Prairies after L' Ouverture
  2. but the steamrollers never touched the tarmac.’
  3. ‘Clear the road and keep an eye out for the steamroller.’
  4. ‘A lone steamroller trundled along what was supposed to be the car park.’
  5. ‘Watched by thousands
  6. almost 5
  7. 000 weapons were flattened by a steamroller or burnt in a pyre.’
  8. ‘Then he brought in steamrollers to flatten the rubble like parking lots.’
  9. ‘Now the firm whose steamrollers
  10. traction engines
  11. steam trams
  12. trains and grass cutting equipment contributed to the city's industrial heritage has been recognised.’
  13. ‘In a single night
  14. the scaffolding was removed from the facades
  15. the steamrollers left the streets
  16. and the earthmovers departed from the parks.’
  17. ‘Everything from show engines to traction engines
  18. steamrollers and steam tractors kept spectators intrigued.’
  19. ‘While some fragments of buildings and heaps of distinguishable rubble littered the area
  20. most of the area was flattened as if paved by a steamroller.’
  21. ‘Obscene video tapes and counterfeit CD-ROMs are sometimes ordered crushed by steamrollers
  22. and I believe mobile phones should suffer the same fate.’
  23. ‘I have seen drivers behind the wheels of steamrollers and backhoes
  24. working with freakish intensity
  25. doing the bidding of a boozemaster who had dangled twelve-packs before them.’
  26. ‘Until yesterday morning Jack McConnell was standing in the middle of the road watching a steamroller coming towards him.’
  27. ‘A number of men were working on the road and it is believed the steamroller rolled back dragging Mr Brown underneath.’
  28. ‘The roadworkers used machinery such as the steamroller and crusher depicted.’
  29. ‘The steamroller was now a rusty
  30. immobile
  31. piece of heavy machinery.’
  32. ‘A glance over the port rail revealed a steamroller lying on the seabed at 70m.’
  33. ‘Beside the A6 near Garstang was a family concern contracting with threshing machines
  34. traction engines and steamrollers.’
  35. ‘Otherwise this year's gathering will remain untouched featuring everything from traditional fairground rides to traction engines
  36. steamrollers and wagons.’
  37. ‘Mr Oldfield
  38. of London Road
  39. Clacton
  40. drove steamrollers used to surface the town's first roads and many in the surrounding district in the early half of the 20th century.’
  41. ‘‘People are now more religious
  42. ’ he says above the din of a steamroller smashing chunks of granite into a foundation for the new road.’