| excruciating | adj 1. acute, tdk tertahan: an ~ backache, sakit belakang yg tdk tertahan; 2. extremely difficult to bear, tdk tertanggung: ~ misery, kesengsaraan yg tdk tertanggung; 3. (jocular) very bad, mengazabkan: an ~ musical, drama muzik yg mengazabkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| detain | vt 1. prevent from proceeding, a. (by so.), (act.) menahan; (pass.) tertahan, tersangkut: you should have ~ed her until I got home, kamu sepatutnya menahan dia sehingga saya pulang; I had planned to go to the concert but I was ~ed at work, saya bercadang utk menghadiri konsert itu tetapi saya tersangkut di pejabat; b. (by st), (act.) menyebabkan [sso] /tertahan, tersangkut/; (pass.) tertahan, tersangkut: the accident ~ed him for two hours, kemalangan itu menyebabkan dia tertahan di jalan selama dua jam; he was ~ed by heavy trafic, dia tersangkut krn kesesakan lalu lintas; 2. keep in custody, menahan: the police have ~ed several suspects, polis telah menahan beberapa orang yg disyaki. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| choked | adj 1. strangled, tertahan-tahan: “I must go now,” she said in a ~ voice, “saya mesti pergi sekarang,” katanya dgn suara yg tertahan-tahan; 2. overcome, sebak: he was too ~ to say anything, dia terlalu sebak utk berkata. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bumble1 | ~ through a speech, /menyampaikan ucapan, berucap/ dgn /tertahan-tahan, terputus-putus/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| hold 1 | ~ up, a. raise, mengangkat: he held up his hand, dia mengangkat tangannya; b. keep raised, menyokong; c. delay, (act.) menggendalakan; (pass.) tergendala: traffic was held up because of flash-floods, lalu lintas tergendala disebabkan banjir kilat; d. rob, merompak: three masked men held up the bank today, tiga lelaki bertopeng telah merompak bank itu hari ini; ~ so. up, a. delay so., (act.) menahan sso; (pass.) sso tertahan: I was held up at the meeting, saya tertahan di mesyuarat itu; b. show, exhibit (as a model, example) menjadikan: the eldest brother is always being held up as an example to the other children, abang yg sulung itu selalu dijadikan contoh kpd anak-anak yg lain; ~ o’s head up, menegakkan kepala; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| gasp | vi 1. struggle for breath, tercungap-cungap, terengah-engah, termengah-mengah; ~ for breath, tercungap-cungap menarik nafas: he ~ed for breath as he came to the surface, dia tercungap-cungap menarik nafas apabila dia timbul ke permukaan air; 2. draw in breath sharply, seolah-olah tertahan: she ~ed at the man walking on the live coals, nafasnya seolah-olah tertahan melihat lelaki itu berjalan di atas bara api; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lay-by | n 1. area at side of road where vehicle can stop, hentian sebelah; 2. (Austral & NZ) payment scheme for reserved merchandise, ansuran barang tertahan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |