อุปมาโวหาร(ùp-bpà-maa woh-hăan)
Meanings
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simile; analogy
a figure of speech or rhetorical style that compares one thing with another, usually to make a description clearer or more vivid
Examples
ครูสอนkruu sŏnครูสอนkruu sŏn[to] teach (used after subject ‘teacher’)ให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitพวกเราpûuak raoพวกเราpûuak rao1we; us2our group; our sideแต่งdtàengแต่งdtàeng1[to] dress; get dressed2[to] decorate; adorn3[to] compose; write4[to] modify; tune; customize5[to] marry (colloquial)6[to] arrange; set; styleประโยคprà-yôhkประโยคprà-yôhk1sentence (grammar)2statement/line (utterance)โดยdoiโดยdoi1by (transport/communication)2in a ... way; -ly3by (passive marker in formal style)4by; via; throughใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]อุปมาโวหารùp-bpà-maa woh-hăanอุปมาโวหารùp-bpà-maa woh-hăansimile; analogyเพื่อให้pêuua hâiเพื่อให้pêuua hâiso that; in order thatคนอ่านkon àanคนอ่านkon àan1reader (a person)2readership/audienceเห็นภาพชัดเจนhĕn pâap chát-jaynเห็นภาพชัดเจนhĕn pâap chát-jayn1[to] see an image clearly2[to] understand [sth] clearlyขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appear
The teacher taught us to write sentences using figures of speech to make the image clearer for the readers.
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อุปมาโวหารùp-bpà-maa woh-hăanอุปมาโวหารùp-bpà-maa woh-hăansimile; analogy