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