| prey | vi; ~ /on, upon/,make a victim of, menjadi mangsa: carnivores ~ on herbivores, binatang herbivor menjadi mangsa kpd binatang karnivor; pirates ~ed upon shipping in the South China Sea in the old days, kapal dagang menjadi mangsa lanun di Laut China Selatan pd zaman dahulu; a man who ~ed on lonely widows, janda-janda yg kesunyian yg menjadi mangsa lelaki itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| divorcée | n janda. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| unlikely | adj a. will probably not happen, tdk mungkin (approp v): the widow is ~ to marry now, janda itu tdk mungkin akan berkahwin sekarang; as things stand, victory is ~, dgn keadaan yg ada, kemenangan tdk mungkin dicapai; in the ~ event /of, that/, sekiranya ada kemungkinan: in the ~ event of her marrying again, the money goes to the children, sekiranya ada kemungkinan dia berkahwin lagi, wang itu akan diserahkan kpd anak-anaknya; b. is probably not true, tdk dapat dipercayai: a most ~ story, cerita yg tdk dapat dipercayai langsung; c. unexpected, tdk disangka-sangka: the document was found in the most ~ place, dokumen itu dijumpai di tempat yg tdk disangka-sangka langsung; d. unpromising, dirasakan tdk mungkin: this ~ alliance cannot last long, perikatan yg dirasakan tdk mungkin ini tdk akan dapat bertahan lama. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| knock | ~ about with, (sl) keluar dgn: my brother is ~ing about with a forty-year old divorcee, abang saya keluar dgn seorang janda yg berumur empat puluh tahun; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| figure | c. character in a play, film, etc, watak: the central ~ is an old widow with a lot of money, watak utama ialah seorang janda tua yg mempunyai wang yg banyak; 8. (in sculpture) patung, figura; (in painting, drawing) bentuk orang, figura; 9. (geom) rajah: a plane ~, rajah satah; 10. diagram, illustration, etc, rajah; 11. pattern in skating, dancing, bunga: ~ of eight, bunga lapan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stupor | n keadaan hampir pengsan: he collapsed onto his bed in a drunken ~, dia rebah di katilnya dlm keadaan hampir pengsan akibat mabuk; the widow was overcome by a ~ of grief, janda itu dlm keadaan hampir pengsan disebabkan rasa duka. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| inhospitable | adj 1. (of person), (disinclined to have guests) tdk suka menerima tetamu; (unfriendly) tdk ramah; (showing lack of hospitality esp by not giving food, shelter) tdk berbudi bahasa: it’s not that I’m ~, it’s more a case of having too much to do and not being able to cope, bukan saya tdk suka menerima tetamu, tetapi kerja saya terlalu banyak dan saya tdk dapat mengendalikan semuanya; an unsociable, ~ widow, janda yg tdk suka bergaul dan tdk ramah; don’t you agree that it was ~ of them not to offer us a cup of tea?, kamu setuju tdk kalau saya katakan mereka tdk berbudi bahasa, secawan teh pun tdk dijamukan?; 2. (of place) not suitable to live in, tdk sesuai didiami: a windswept, ~ plain, tanah datar yg keanginan dan tdk sesuai didiami. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| guise | n samaran; in a /new, different, etc/ ~, dlm samaran /baru, yg berlainan, dll/: old theories in a new ~, teori-teori lama dlm samaran baru; under the ~ of, (st) dgn bertopengkan; (doing st) dgn berpura-pura: it was all done under the ~ of friendship, semua itu dilakukan dgn bertopengkan persahabatan; under the ~ of offering comfort, he was able to win the widow’s affections, dgn berpura-pura menenangkan hatinya dia berjaya membuat janda itu sayang padanya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |