cardinal points | n arah utama, mata angin. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
salient | the ~ points of the argument, perkara-perkara yg menonjol dlm hujah itu; a flat plain with no ~ feature as a landmark, dataran yg rata tanpa ciri yg menonjol sbg tanda tempat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
score | ~ /a point, points/, menang, mengatasi sso: he felt as if he had ~d a point, dia berasa seolah-olah dia telah menang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
set | there are several good points in this plan which ought to be ~ against the negative ones, ada beberapa perkara yg baik ttg rancangan ini yg harus ditimbang berbanding dgn yg negatif; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
first | 3. (when enumerating points etc) firstly, pertama(-tama): I have several reasons for resigning. F~ I need a change, saya mempunyai beberapa sebab utk meletakkan jawatan. Pertama, saya mahu bertukar angin; 4. for the first time, pertama kali(nya): this book was ~ published in 1923, buku ini pertama kalinya diterbitkan dalam tahun 1923; 5. at the beginning, mula-mula(nya): when we ~ arrived in Tokyo, we couldn’t speak a word of Japanese, semasa kami mula-mula tiba di Tokyo, kami tdk tahu sepatah pun kata bahasa Jepun; 6. in preference, (lebih) baik, biar: I’ll never help her again: I’ll die ~, saya tdk mahu menolongnya lagi: lebih baik saya mati; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
strategic | plain-clothes policemen were stationed at ~ points around the conference hall, anggota polis berpakaian preman telah ditempatkan di tempat-tempat yg strategik di sekeliling dewan persidangan itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
introduce | he made the mistake of introducing new points into his argument at the end of his speech, dia membuat kesilapan dgn memperkenalkan perkara-perkara baru dlm hujahnya di akhir ucapan; over the years, thousands of technical terms have been ~d into the language, selama beberapa tahun ini, beribu-ribu istilah teknik telah diperkenalkan ke dlm bahasa tersebut; don’t ~ personalities into the conversation, jangan sebut nama orang dlm perbualan ini; d. slip in, menyisipkan: to ~ humour into the play, menyisipkan unsur lucu dlm drama itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
spiky | adj 1. having sharp points, runcing; (of hair, crest, etc) tercacak-cacak: long ~ thorns, duri-duri yg panjang dan runcing; she despaired of her coarse, ~ hair, dia susah hati krn rambutnya kasar dan tercacak-cacak; the lizard had a ~ crest, cicak itu mempunyai balung yg tercacak-cacak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
span | n 1. distance between two points, such as, a. (the ends of a bridge or arch) bidang, rentang, buka: the arch has a ~ of 70 metres, gerbang itu bidangnya ialah 70 meter; a bridge of four ~, jambatan yg ada empat bidangnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
weaken | 6. undermine, melemahkan: he tried to ~ my points against the motion, dia mencuba melemahkan hujah-hujah saya menentang usul itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |