| brief | vt 1. instruct by briefing, memberikan taklimat kpd sso, memberi sso taklimat: the chairman will ~ the board on the recent development, pengerusi akan memberikan taklimat kpd lembaga ttg perkembangan mutakhir; pilots were ~ed before each flight, juruterbang diberi taklimat setiap kali sebelum penerbangan; 2. (a barrister) memberi [sso] arahan, memberikan arahan kpd, mengarahkan: I’ve been ~ed to defend the accused, saya diberi arahan utk membela yg dituduh; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| brief | hold a ~ for, bersedia mempertahankan; hold no ~ for, tdk menyokong: he held no ~ for the socialist policies of the Labour Government, dia tdk menyokong dasar sosialis kerajaan yg dipimpin oleh Parti Buruh itu; in ~, pendeknya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| brief | n1. condensed statement (esp of news) ringkasan (berita): local ~s, ringkasan berita tempatan; 2. instruction (esp to barrister) arahan; 3. (fig.), (task) tugas: it is not my ~ to tell him what to do, bukan tugas saya utk memberitahunya apa yg harus dilakukan; 4. see BRIEFING; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| brief | adj 1. short (of time) singkat, pendek; (of event) singkat; (of garment, writing) pendek: he was president for a ~ period during the war, dia menjadi presiden utk waktu yg singkat semasa perang; the King is on a ~ visit to Italy, Raja sedang dlm lawatan singkat ke Itali; a ~ paragraph, perenggan yg pendek; life is ~, hidup ini tdk /lama, kekal/; 2. momentary, sejenak, sekejap, sebentar, sepintas lalu: he took a ~ look at his watch, dia memandang jam tangannya sejenak; 3. concise, ringkas, pendek, singkat: she made a ~ statement, dia membuat kenyataan ringkas; 4. curt, ringkas; (of person) tdk banyak /kata, cakap/: a cold and ~ welcome, sambutan yg dingin dan ringkas; he was ~ with me this morning, dia tdk banyak kata dgn saya pagi tadi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| briefly | adv 1. in a brief way, secara ringkas: an attempt to survey ~ the effects of pollution, usaha utk meninjau kesan-kesan pencemaran secara ringkas; 2. in brief, pendeknya, ringkasnya, pendek kata: ~, the procedure adopted consisted of..., pendeknya, prosedur yg digunakan terdiri drpd...; 3. for a short time, dlm masa yg /singkat, pendek/; (for an instance) sebentar, sekejap: he served as Prime Minister ~ in the fifties, dia menjadi Perdana Menteri utk masa yg singkat dlm tahun 50-an; she came in ~ to greet me, dia masuk sebentar utk menyapa saya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| flirtation | n 1. act of flirting with opposite sex, main cinta; 2. brief love affair, main cinta: after a brief ~ with the actor, she migrated to the East Coast, selepas main cinta sekejap dgn pelakon itu dia berhijrah ke Pantai Timur; 3. casual involvement, bermain-main, berfikir-fikir, bertimbang-timbang: after his short-lived ~ with Thatcherism, he joined the Liberal Democrats, setelah bermain-main dgn Thatcherisme sekejap, dia masuk Parti Liberal Demokrat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| flicker | n 1. unsteady, brief light, kelipan, kedipan; 2. unsteady movement, a. (of eyelash) kedipan, kelipan; b. (of shadow) liukan; c. (of snake’s tongue) getaran; 3. brief, slight sensation or expression, sekilas: a ~ of hope, sekilas harapan; a ~ of amusement crossed the general’s face, sekilas rasa geli hati terlintas di wajah jeneral itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| flash | n 1. sudden, brief gleam or blaze of light, pancaran cahaya (sekejap), denyaran; (when source of light is named) pancaran, denyaran: the ~es from the explosions lit up the landscape, pancaran cahaya drpd letupan-letupan itu menerangi kawasan sekitar; a ~ of lightning, pancaran kilat; the ~ of a diamond in the light, pancaran berlian yg kena cahaya; 2. brief outburst or display, sekilas, kilasan: a sudden ~ of insight told him what was going on, kilasan wawasan yg datang dgn tiba-tiba itu memberitahunya apa yg sedang terjadi; in a ~ of anger she slammed the door, dlm kemarahan yg sekilas itu, dia menghempaskan pintu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| glance | n brief look, memandang /sekilas, sepintas lalu, sekali lalu, sekali imbas/: a ~ at the newspaper, memandang surat khabar sepintas lalu; at a ~, sekali pandang: June could see at a ~ that he was extremely worried, sekali pandang June tahu dia sangat risau; at first ~, pertama kali pandang: it looks easy at first ~, pertama kali pandang perkara itu nampak mudah; /cast, have, take/ a ~, memandang /sekilas, sepintas lalu, sekali lalu, sekali imbas/: she cast a quick ~ at her face in the mirror, dia memandang mukanya sekali lalu dlm cermin; exchange~s, saling /berpandangan, pandang-memandang/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| scuffle | n rough, brief struggle, pergelutan, pergomolan: a ~ broke out between the demonstrators and the police, pergelutan berlaku antara penunjuk-penunjuk perasaan dgn polis; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |