| background | n (lit. & fig.) latar belakang: family ~,latar belakang keluarga; the ~ of a problem, latar belakang masalah; a ~ in mechanical engineering, latar belakang dlm bidang kejuruteraan mekanik; ~ information, maklumat latar belakang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| back | 4. make a backing for, melapik, melapisi: to ~ silk with stiffened cotton, melapik kain sutera dgn kain kapas yg telah dikeraskan; b. form the background of, /merupakan, menjadi/ latar belakang: the hills that ~ed the village, bukit-bukau yg merupakan latar belakang kampung itu; 6. endorse, mengesahkan: to ~ a bill, mengesahkan bil; 7. bet on, bertaruh pd, memasang taruh pd, menaruhi: they were fortunate to have ~ed the winning horse in the race, mereka beruntung krn telah bertaruh pd kuda yg menang dlm perlumbaan itu; ~ the /right, wrong/ horse, menyokong + approp n yg /menang, kalah/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| backdrop | n 1. tirai latar; 2. (fig.) latar belakang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| genteel | adj (fml or liter.) 1. of the upper class, kelas atasan; (formerly) bangsawan: a family with a ~ background, keluarga yg mempunyai latar belakang bangsawan; 2. polished, well-bred, halus budi pekerti: a poor but ~ old man, orang tua yg miskin tetapi halus budi pekertinya; 3. affectedly polite, terlalu /tertib, sopan santun/: her ~ manner drives me crazy, caranya yg terlalu tertib itu membuat saya bagai nak gila; ~ expressions, ungkapan-ungkapan yg terlalu tertib. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| contact | be /in, out of/ ~ with, /berhubungan, tdk berhubungan/ dgn; (of fighting units), /bertempur, tdk bertempur lagi/ dgn; (of wires), /bersentuhan, tdk bersentuhan/ dgn: I have not been in ~ with him for a long time now, sudah lama saya tdk berhubungan dengannya; the wires should not be in ~ with one another, dawai itu tdk sepatutnya bersentuhan; bring so. into ~ with, mendedahkan sso kpd: we must bring these young people into ~ with new ideas, kita mesti mendedahkan anak-anak muda ini kpd idea-idea baru; come into ~ with, a. touch, bersentuhan dgn; b. come across, meet, bertemu dgn; (ideas, opinion, etc) menemui: in his job, he comes into ~ with people from different backgrounds, dlm kerjanya, dia bertemu dgn orang dr latar belakang yg berlainan; he came into ~ with several opposing opinions, dia menemui beberapa pendapat yg bertentangan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |