| drought | n 1. excessive dryness, kemarau: the crops were destroyed by ~, tanaman itu musnah akibat kemarau; 2. period of scanty rainfall, (musim) kemarau: the ~ lasted for a year, musim kemarau itu berlarutan sehingga setahun. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| break | d. (of drought) end, berakhir: if the drought doesn’t ~ soon..., sekiranya kemarau tdk segera berakhir...; e. (of day) begin, menyingsing: as day broke, sewaktu fajar menyingsing; 12. become public, (mula) tersebar: the news broke yesterday, berita itu mula tersebar semalam; 13.,/b> (of voice) a. (as from emotion) terputus-putus: his voice was ~ing with grief, suaranya terputus-putus krn kesedihan; b. deepen at adolescence, pecah, menjadi /besar, kasar/; [with person as subject] pecah suara: my voice broke when I was fifteen, suara saya pecah or saya pecah suara sewaktu berumur lima belas tahun; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| prolonged | adj berpanjangan, berlanjutan: a ~ drought, kemarau yg berpanjangan; an agreement was finally reached after ~ negotiations, persetujuan akhirnya tercapai selepas perundingan yg berpanjangan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| spell 1 | 3. signify, indicate, menandakan: the long drought has spelt ruin for many farmers, kemarau panjang menandakan kemusnahan bagi ramai petani; a man who believes that democracy ~s corruption, seorang yg percaya bahawa demokrasi menandakan rasuah; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| severe | a ~ illness forced him to resign, penyakit yg teruk memaksanya berhenti kerja; a ~ drought that lasted for months wiped out the livestock and the crops, kemarau teruk yg berbulan-bulan lamanya telah menghapuskan ternakan dan tanam-tanaman; ~ winter, musim sejuk yg teruk; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| starvation | n kebuluran; (attrib) mencerut perut: hundreds died of ~ during that long terrible drought, beratus-ratus orang mati kebuluran akibat kemarau panjang yg teruk itu; ~ diet, diet yg mencerut perut; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| provide | ~ against, bersedia utk menghadapi: they had never found it necessary to ~ against a prolonged drought, mereka tdk pernah merasakan perlunya bersedia utk menghadapi kemarau yg berpanjangan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dry | ~ up, a. become dry, (menjadi) kering: the streams all dried up during the drought, semua anak sungai itu menjadi kering semasa kemarau; b. (UK) dry dishes, mengelap pinggan: he usually helps to ~ up after dinner, dia selalunya menolong mengelap pinggan selepas makan malam; c. cease, run out, kehabisan, habis: his ideas seemed to up after he moved here, dia kehabisan idea setelah berpindah ke sini; ~ st up, make st dry, mengeringkan sst: the heat of the summer dried up the creeks, haba musim panas telah mengeringkan caruk-caruk itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| anticipation | in ~ of, dgn menjangka bahawa [sst] akan berlaku, krn menjangka berlakunya [sst]: in ~ of a drought, the farmers lay in stores of fodder, krn menjangka bahawa kemarau akan berlaku, petani-petani menyimpan makanan binatang; thanking you in ~, terlebih dahulu /saya, kami/ mengucapkan (ribuan) terima kasih. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| water-table | n level at and below which water can be found, aras air bumi: the long drought has lowered the ~, kemarau panjang telah menurunkan aras air bumi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |