burke
معنی فارسی
خاموش يا پايمال کردن
معنی کامل و مثالها
/bu_rk/vt.
● (در اصل) خفه کردن انسان و فروش جسد او به سالنهای تشریح (دویست سال پیش در اسکاتلند مردی به نام بورک مرتکب این جنایت شد)
● بیسر و صدا کلک شخص یا چیزی را کندن، سر به نیست کردن، (در پارلمان و غیره) جلوی بحث لایحه یا چیزی را گرفتن، مسکوت گذاشتن
to burke an issue
مطلبی را مسکوت گذاشتن
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Derived from the name of William Burke, an Irish criminal who murdered people to sell their bodies for dissection in the early 19th century.
مثال
- The government tried to burke the scandal by withholding information from the public.
- The company burked the negative reviews by manipulating the online ratings.
- He was burked by his colleagues who didn't want his ideas to be heard.
ترکیبهای رایج
Burke the evidence Burke the truth Burke a scandal Burke dissent
تعریف انگلیسی
- British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
- United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
- murder without leaving a trace on the body “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s somebody”
- get rid of, silence, or suppress “burke an issue” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something”
مترادفها
verb active
1. Suffocate, murder by suffocation, smother to death.
2. Smother, suppress, shelve, bury, shuffle aside.