| custom | n 1. tradition of a society, adat (resam): local ~s, adat resam tempatan; to study the manners and ~s of the aboriginal people, mengkaji adab sopan dan adat resam orang-orang asli; 2. habitual practice, kebiasaan, kelaziman: it is the ~ in our family to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, sudah menjadi kelaziman dlm keluarga kami merayakan hari lahir dan hari ulang tahun; 3. patronage, langganan: she withdrew her ~ and shopped elsewhere, dia menarik balik langganannya dan membeli di tempat lain. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| folkways | n resam, adat (resam). | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| immemorial | adj telah wujud berzaman-zaman: an ~ custom, adat resam yg telah wujud berzaman-zaman; /from, since/ time ~, (rather old-fashioned) sejak dahulu lagi, berzaman-zaman: these structures have been here from time ~, binaan ini telah wujud berzaman-zaman. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| age-old | adj /telah, sudah/ lama + approp v: ~ customs, adat resam yg telah lama diamalkan; the ~ feud between the two families, perseteruan yg telah lama wujud antara kedua-dua keluarga itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| deride | vt mempersendakan, mengejek-ejek: youth deriding the customs of its parents as out of date, anak-anak muda mempersendakan adat resam ibu bapa mereka sbg kolot; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dead | 6. obsolete, outdated, sudah /lapuk, usang, mati/; (of language), /sudah, telah/, /mati, pupus/: a ~ custom, adat resam yg sudah lapuk; a ~ issue, isu yg sudah lapuk; 7. (colloq) very tired, (sudah) tdk bermaya lagi, separuh mati, letih lesu: after all that walking, I’m just ~, selepas berjalan kaki sekian jauh, saya tdk bermaya lagi; 8. worked out, a. (of oil well) kering; b. (of mine) tdk mengeluarkan hasil lagi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fetter | n (usu in pl), (lit. & fig.) belenggu: to escape from the ~s of convention, melepaskan diri drpd belenggu adat resam; be in ~s, dibelenggu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| conventional | adj 1. based on convention, menurut /adat kebiasaan, (adat) resam/: he was accorded the ~ welcome, dia diberi sambutan menurut adat kebiasaan; ~ propriety, sopan santun menurut adat kebiasaan; 2. following, conforming to what is customary, lazim, konvensional; (of person) konvensional: a ~ design, corak konvensional; ~ methods, kaedah konvensional; he is not at all ~, dia sama sekali tdk konvensional; 3. (of weapon, warfare, etc) biasa: ~ weapons, senjata biasa. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| exist | vi 1. be, have being, wujud, ada: they tried to prove that God ~s, mereka mencuba membuktikan bahawa Tuhan wujud; customs that have ~ed for centuries, adat resam yg telah wujud berkurun-kurun lamanya; does racial polarization ~ in our schools?, adakah polarisasi kaum wujud di sekolah-sekolah kita?; live, hidup: I don’t know how he ~s on that diet, saya tdk tahu bagaimana dia hidup memakan makanan spt itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fly1 | ~ high, be ambitious, bercita-cita tinggi; ~ in the face of, menentang: there’s little use in trying to ~ in the face of convention, tdk ada gunanya mencuba menentang adat resam; ~ in the face of Providence, mencabar maut; ~ off the handle, naik /radang, berang/; go ~ a kite, (colloq) pergi; send so. ~ing, menyebabkan sso terpelanting; send st ~, menyebabkan sst berterbangan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |