(phrase slang) เป็นการขอโทษเมื่อต้องการจะออกไปข้างนอก มักพูดเมื่อจะขอตัวไปห้องน้ำ หรือออกไปซื้อเครื่องดื่ม เช่น Can we stop, Simon? I have to see a man about a horse., S.
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67% of those who never smoked said they worried about the health effects of passive smoking.
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A bad cold is going about now.
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A big red fish is swimming about in the pond.
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About 14,000 of these usually have tickets for the Center Court.
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About 27,000 people live in and around Deal, but it has a small town center and it feels very like a small town.
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About 50 percent of the firms in Japan have acknowledged the necessity of giving their workers longer holidays, and think summer holidays are needed to give their workers both mental and physical refreshment.
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About all, take care of yourself.
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About an hour's walk brought us to the lake.
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About dinner time, (Rev. Martin Luther) King was on the balcony outside his room.
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About eighty thousand spectators packed into the stadium last night.
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About face!
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About four years ago my Achilles tendon started to hurt and I was told it was Achilles tendonitis.
[ADV] in a roundabout way, See also:about the bush, Syn.วกวน, Example: เขาพูดวกไปวนมาจนฉันไม่เข้าใจว่าเขาต้องการจะบอกอะไรกันแน่, Thai definition: อย่างไม่ตรงประเด็น, อย่างไม่ชัดเจน
[, anna] (adj-pn) (See こんな,そんな,どんな・1) such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); so; that; sort of; (P) [Add to Longdo]
[おひきずり, ohikizuri] (n) (1) (See 引き摺り・1) train of dress; trailing skirt; (2) (See 引き摺り・2) woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion [Add to Longdo]
[, kurai (P); gurai (P)] (suf,prt) (1) (also written as 位) approximately; about; around; or so; (2) to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; (3) as ... as ...; like; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
About \A*bout"\, prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS.
[=a]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan
outward, from ut out. See {But}, {Out}.]
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1. Around; all round; on every side of. "Look about you."
--Shak. "Bind them about thy neck." --Prov. iii. 3.
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2. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or
proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).
"Have you much money about you?" --Bulwer.
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3. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in
various directions; here and there in; to and fro in;
throughout.
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Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses.
--Macaulay.
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Roving still about the world. --Milton.
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4. Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time,
size, quantity. "To-morrow, about this time." --Exod. ix.
18. "About my stature." --Shak.
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He went out about the third hour. --Matt. xx. 3.
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Note: This use passes into the adverbial sense.
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5. In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
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I must be about my Father's business. --Luke ii. 49.
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6. Before a verbal noun or an infinitive: On the point or
verge of; going; in act of.
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Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. --Acts xviii.
14.
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7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To
treat about thy ransom." --Milton.
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She must have her way about Sarah. --Trollope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
About \A*bout"\, adv.
1. On all sides; around.
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'Tis time to look about. --Shak.
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2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the
outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
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3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.
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Wandering about from house to house. --1 Tim. v.
13.
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4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in
quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as
high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "There fell . . .
about three thousand men." --Exod. xxii. 28.
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5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite
direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to
turn one's self about.
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{To bring about}, to cause to take place; to accomplish.
{To come about}, to occur; to take place. See under {Come}.
{To go about}, {To set about}, to undertake; to arrange; to
prepare. "Shall we set about some revels?" --Shak.
{Round about}, in every direction around.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
about
adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
"he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can
stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people
came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly
$3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so
people were at the party" [syn: {approximately}, {about},
{close to}, {just about}, {some}, {roughly}, {more or
less}, {around}, {or so}]
2: all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or
about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees
growing all around"; "she looked around her" [syn: {about},
{around}]
3: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about";
"hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" [syn:
{about}, {around}]
4: used of movement to or among many different places or in no
particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go";
"people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)";
"traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone
who's been around"; "she sleeps around" [syn: {about},
{around}]
5: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face";
"suddenly she turned around" [syn: {about}, {around}]
6: in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play"
7: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the
baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is
well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the
contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone
agrees" [syn: {about}, {almost}, {most}, {nearly}, {near},
{nigh}, {virtually}, {well-nigh}]
adj 1: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir
over the incident" [syn: {about(p)}, {astir(p)}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
