ถุงลมปอด(tŭng lom bpòt)
Meanings
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alveolus; air sac in the lung
alveolus; the tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place
Examples
การสูบบุหรี่gaan sòop bù-rèeการสูบบุหรี่gaan sòop bù-rèesmoking (cigarettes)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เข้าไปkâo bpaiเข้าไปkâo bpai1[to] go in; enter (away from the speaker)2directional complement: into; in (away from speaker)ทำลายtam laaiทำลายtam laai1[to] destroy; ruin2[to] spoil; undermine3[to] annihilate; eradicate (figurative/literary)4[to] invalidate; nullifyถุงลมปอดtŭng lom bpòtถุงลมปอดtŭng lom bpòtalveolus; air sac in the lungและláeและláeand (coordinating)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)หายใจhăai jaiหายใจhăai jai1[to] breathe; respire2[to] gasp; wheeze; breathe with difficultyลำบากlam-bàakลำบากlam-bàak1difficult; troublesome2[to] be in hardship; have a hard time3poor; needy (of living conditions)
Smoking destroys the alveoli and makes it difficult for us to breathe.
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ถุงลมปอดtŭng lom bpòtถุงลมปอดtŭng lom bpòtalveolus; air sac in the lung