English-Thai Dictionary

would-be

A ที่ อยากจะ เป็น  ที่ แสร้งทำ เป็น 

 

would-be

ADJ ซึ่ง อยากจะ เป็น  ซึ่ง หวังว่า จะ เป็น  intending prospective sueng-yak-ja-pen

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WOULD-BE

WOULD-BE Would "-be

 

Defn: ' (as, a would-be poet.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

would-be

would-be |ˈwʊd ˌbi | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] often derogatory desiring or aspiring to be a specified type of person: a would-be actress who dresses up as Marilyn Monroe.

 

Oxford Dictionary

would-be

would-be ▶adjective [ attrib. ] desiring or aspiring to be a specified type of person: a would-be actress who dresses up as Marilyn Monroe. ▶noun informal a person who desires or aspires to be a particular type: a seemingly endless queue of journalists and would-bes formed.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

would-be

would-be adjective would-be actors: aspiring, budding, promising, prospective, potential, hopeful, keen, eager, ambitious; informal wannabe.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

would-be

would-be adjective would-be actors: aspiring, budding, promising, prospective, potential, striving, hopeful, optimistic, keen, eager, ambitious, enterprising, wishful, longing; informal wannabe.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

would-be

w ó uld-b è 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗自称 …の, …気どりの ; …になるつもりの, …志望の ; ひとりよがりの ▸ a would-be gentleman [poet ]紳士気どりの人 [詩人志望者 ]