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โรย rooyM | ![]() |
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1. | to sprinkle; to powder |
2. | to weaken; to be exhausted |
3. | faded; jaded; withered |
4. | to pay out (a rope, e.g.) |
Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||||||
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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | โรย |
IPA | roːj |
Royal Thai General System | roi |
1.  [verb, transitive, intransitive] | |||
definition | to sprinkle; to powder | ||
example | ผักชีโรยหน้า![]() | phakL cheeM rooyM naaF | [metaphor] window dressing; gilding; improvements only on the surface |
sample sentences | |||
เมื่อตำปลาลงไปให้แน่นเต็มไหจนไม่สามารถตำลงได้อีก ก็นำเกลือมาโรยลงไปอีกครั้ง ![]() ![]() meuuaF dtamM bplaaM lohngM bpaiM haiF naaenF dtemM haiR johnM maiF saaR maatF dtamM lohngM daiF eekL gaawF namM gleuuaM maaM rooyM lohngM bpaiM eekL khrangH "When you have completed stuffed the fish into the jar so that you cannot add even a little bit more, you add yet one more dose of salt." | |||
2.  [verb, intransitive] | |||
definition | to weaken; to be exhausted | ||
examples | อิดโรย![]() ![]() | itL rooyM | exhausted; weary; fatigued; tired; drained; worn out |
ร่วงโรย![]() | ruaangF rooyM | to fade; wither; wilt | |
โรยรา![]() | rooyM raaM | to wilt (as in flowers) | |
โรยแรง![]() | rooyM raaengM | to lose strength; become exhausted | |
ความร่วงโรย![]() | khwaamM ruaangF rooyM | decline, demise | |
3.  [adjective] | |||
definition | faded; jaded; withered | ||
examples | สีบัวโรย![]() | seeR buaaM rooyM | the pinkish purple color of a faded lotus |
สีบัวโรย![]() | seeR buaaM rooyM | [the color] pinkish purple | |
ดอกบานไม่รู้โรย![]() | daawkL baanM maiF ruuH rooyM | bachlor's button | |
4.  [verb] | |||
definition | to pay out (a rope, e.g.) | ||
example | โรยตัวหน้าผา![]() | rooyM dtuaaM naaF phaaR | to rappel down a cliff |
sample sentences | ตอนมัธยม โรงเรียนให้ตำรวจมาฝึก ให้เด็กนั่งในยางรถยนต์ ชักรอกโรยตัว จากตึกชั้น ๔ ลงมาชั้นล่าง แกล้งห้อยต่องแต่งอีก ![]() dtaawnM matH thaH yohmM ro:hngM riianM haiF dtamM ruaatL maaM feukL haiF dekL nangF naiM yaangM rohtH yohnM chakH raawkF rooyM dtuaaM jaakL dteukL chanH seeL lohngM maaM chanH laangF glaaengF haawyF dtaawngL dtaengL eekL "At the secondary level, schools let police officers come and have the students practice sitting in car tires and using pulleys to zip down from the fourth story of the structure down to the ground; the dangerously hang down and swing back and forth." | ||
ตอนประถม ๕ เข้าค่าย ตจว.. มีนั่งรอกยางรถยนต์ โรยตัวจากหอคอยไม้ สูงประมาณ ๔ ชั้น ลงมา ข้างล่างเป็นบ่อน้ำใหญ่ ![]() dtaawnM bpraL thohmR haaF khaoF khaaiF dtaangL jangM watL meeM nangF raawkF yaangM rohtH yohnM rooyM dtuaaM jaakL haawR khaawyM maaiH suungR bpraL maanM seeL chanH lohngM maaM khaangF laangF bpenM baawL naamH yaiL "In the fifth grade students go out to rural areas and ride tires on a zip line pulley system and rappel down from a four-story wooden tower into a large pool." | |||