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เก็บกวาด gepL gwaatL |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | เก็บ-กฺวาด |
IPA | kèp kwàːt |
Royal Thai General System | kep kwat |
1.  [verb] | |||
definition | to sweep; clear away; clean up; drag up | ||
components | เก็บ | gepL | to collect; preserve; keep; fetch; pick up (a purse, e.g.) |
กวาด | gwaatL | to sweep; to smooth over | |
antonym | ทิ้งขว้าง | thingH khwaangF | to leave; abandon; forsake |
sample sentence | ทุกวันเด็กชายต้องตื่นแต่เช้า มาเก็บกวาดร้าน และจัดข้าวของต่าง ๆ ให้เป็นระเบียบ thookH wanM dekL chaaiM dtawngF dteuunL dtaaeL chaaoH maaM gepL gwaatL raanH laeH jatL khaaoF khaawngR dtaangL dtaangL haiF bpenM raH biiapL "Every day the boys are required to wake up early; clean up the store; and, place all the goods in order." | ||
2. การเก็บกวาด gaanM gepL gwaatL [noun] | |||
definition | cleaning up; sweeping up; collecting | ||
components | การ | gaanM | [placed before a verb or noun to create a noun which indicates a general activity, process, or state] the process of..., the activity of..., an enactment of..., the state of... [see notes] |
เก็บ | gepL | to collect; preserve; keep; fetch; pick up (a purse, e.g.) | |
กวาด | gwaatL | to sweep; to smooth over | |
sample sentence | ผมค้านแทบตาย นึกถึงการเก็บกวาดมูลอุจจาระปัสสาวะ เสียงร้องแหวดแหวตอนกลางคืน phohmR khaanH thaaepF dtaaiM neukH theungR gaanM gepL gwaatL muunM ootL jaaM raH bpatL saaR waH siiangR raawngH waaetL waaeR dtaawnM glaangM kheuunM "I absolutely refused [to take care of it]; I worried about clean up its feces and its urine and its loud caterwauling in the middle of the night." | ||