แผ่นเปลือกโลก(pàen bplèuuak lôhk)

Meanings

1NounB2

tectonic plate; lithospheric plate

a large, rigid slab of the Earth's lithosphere (crust plus uppermost mantle) that moves over the asthenosphere; interactions between plates cause earthquakes, volcanism, and mountain building

Examples

ประเทศญี่ปุ่นbprà-tâyt yêe-bpùnประเทศญี่ปุ่นbprà-tâyt yêe-bpùnJapan (country)ตั้งอยู่dtâng yòoตั้งอยู่dtâng yòo1[to] be located; be situated; stand2[to] be based on; rest upon (figurative)บนbonบนbon1upper; top2[to] vow (at a shrine)3on; upon; in; aboveแนวnaeoแนวnaeo1direction; approach; tendency; orientation2genre; style3(colloq.) unconventional; artsy; individualistic4line; row; alignment; formation5boundary line; demarcation6guideline; principle; policy lineที่têeที่têe1at; in; to (a place)2classifier: places; seats; individual servings3when; the time that (time marker)4place; spot; seat; space5ordinal marker6that/which/who (relative marker)แผ่นเปลือกโลกpàen bplèuuak lôhkแผ่นเปลือกโลกpàen bplèuuak lôhktectonic plate; lithospheric plateหลายlăaiหลายlăaimany; severalแผ่นpàenแผ่นpàen1disc; record2sheet; slab; panel3classifier for flat itemsมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerชนchonชนchon1[to] crash; collide2people; tribe; class3[to] clink (glasses); toastกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2together; together with3I; me (informal, male speech)4[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block5protective; resistant to; -proof6[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkพอดีpo deeพอดีpo dee1[to] fit exactly; be just right2just enough3just right; exactly suitable4exactly; just (in time/amount)5happen to; by chance
Japan is located right on the line where several tectonic plates meet.
3 more examples

Word Breakdown

+
แผ่นเปลือกโลกpàen bplèuuak lôhkแผ่นเปลือกโลกpàen bplèuuak lôhktectonic plate; lithospheric plate