ชาฟต์(cháaf)

Meanings

1NounB2

shaft; driveshaft (machine part)

a rotating rod in machinery that transmits power or motion, such as a driveshaft. (Thai synonym: เพลาเพลาplao1axle; shaft2time; occasion (poetic/archaic)3[to] lessen; abate (poetic/archaic))

Examples

ช่างchângช่างchâng1never mind; let it be2how (exclamatory)3artisan; mechanic; technician4crafts-; technical (prefix)5[to] be inclined to; be prone to (do often)กำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofเปลี่ยนbplìianเปลี่ยนbplìian1[to] change; become different2[to] switch; replace; exchange3[to] change; transfer (clothes/transport/etc.)ชาฟต์cháafชาฟต์cháaf1shaft; driveshaft (machine part)2vertical passage (elevator/service shaft)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเครื่องจักรkrêuuang jàkเครื่องจักรkrêuuang jàk1machine (single unit)2machinery (collective)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเสียsĭiaเสียsĭia1broken; out of order2[to] pay3late; deceased4polite intensifier (after verbs/adjectives)5sadly; unfortunately (final particle)6[to] lose; forfeit; waste7spoiled; ruined; gone badอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
The mechanic is replacing the broken shaft of the machine.
2NounB2

vertical passage (elevator/service shaft)

a tall, narrow space in a building for an elevator, pipes, or cables.

Examples

ห้ามhâamห้ามhâam1[to] forbid; prohibit2[to] ban (officially)3[n.] prohibitionทิ้งขยะtíng kà-yàทิ้งขยะtíng kà-yà[to] throw away garbage; [to] dispose of trashลงไปlong bpaiลงไปlong bpai1[to] go down; descend (away)2directional particle: down/into (away)3and below; downward from (a point)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชาฟต์cháafชาฟต์cháaf1shaft; driveshaft (machine part)2vertical passage (elevator/service shaft)ลิฟต์lípลิฟต์lípelevator; lift (BrE)เด็ดขาดdèt kàatเด็ดขาดdèt kàat1absolute; uncompromising2resolute; decisive3absolutely; strictly
Do not ever throw trash down the elevator shaft.

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