| sustain | vt 1. maintain or prolong, keep up, dapat mengekalkan: we hope to ~ this high rate of growth, kita berharap dapat mengekalkan kadar pertumbuhan yg tinggi spt ini; the plot of the novel ~s the interest of the reader throughout, plot novel itu dapat mengekalkan minat pembaca utk terus membaca; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| tripe | 2. (sl) worthless talk, writing, etc, haprak, karut: don’t read the novel. It’s just ~, jangan baca novel itu. Novel itu haprak saja. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| splendid | 2. (colloq) excellent, a. (of novel, idea, etc) bagus sekali: that’s a ~ novel!, itu novel yg bagus sekali!; a ~ idea! Lets book the tickets today, idea yg bagus sekali! Mari kita tempah tiket hari ini; b. (of dinner etc) hebat; c. (of holiday etc) menyeronokkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bold | adj 1. courageous and daring, berani: a ~ hero, wira yg berani; she grew ~er with each attempt, dia menjadi lebih berani percubaan demi percubaan; the plan was simple but ~, rancangan itu sederhana tetapi berani; to take a ~ step, mengambil langkah berani; 2. forward, immodest, tdk /tahu malu, malu, sopan/: a ~ little urchin, budak nakal yg tdk tahu malu; she gave him a ~ look, dia memandangnya dgn tdk sopan; 3. imaginative, penuh imaginasi: the novel’s ~ plot, plot novel yg penuh imaginasi; 4. clear and distinct to the eye, jelas, ketara: ~ handwriting, tulisan tangan yg ketara; a figure carved in ~ relief, patung yg diukir dgn ukiran timbul dgn jelas; ~ newspaper headlines, tajuk berita akhbar yg ketara; 5. (print) tebal: ~ letters, huruf tebal; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| street | ~s ahead (of), (colloq) jauh lebih baik: the author’s latest novel is ~s ahead of his last one, novel terakhir pengarang itu jauh lebih baik drpd novelnya yg sebelum ini; the Japanese are ~s ahead of us in technology, orang Jepun jauh lebih baik drpd kita dr segi teknologi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| take | b. criticize harshly, mengupas sst: Selleck’s third novel was ~ by the critics, novel ketiga Selleck telah dikupas oleh pengkritik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| superpower | n kuasa terbesar: the novel describes the world controlled by three ~s, novel itu mengisahkan dunia yg dikuasai oleh tiga kuasa besar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| depiction | n (in picture, sculpture, etc) penggambaran, pelukisan: the artist’s ~ of rural beauty in his painting, penggambaran keindahan desa oleh pelukis itu dlm lukisannya; the ~ of violence in today’s novels, penggambaran keganasan dlm novel-novel hari ini. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| comparison | /bear, stand/ ~ with, /setanding, sebanding/ dgn: that’s a good novel but it bears no ~ with this, novel itu baik tetapi tdk setanding dgn yg ini; /beyond, without/ ~, tdk ada /bandingnya, banding/; (of beauty), tdk ada /bandingan, tolok bandingnya/; /by, in/ ~, secara perbandingan: their progress is slow by ~, secara perbandingan kemajuan mereka adalah lambat; /by, in/ ~ /with, to/, /berbanding, jika dibandingkan/ dgn: the population in the east coast is small in ~ with that in the west coast, penduduk di pantai timur adalah kecil berbanding dgn penduduk di pantai barat; make a ~, membuat perbandingan; there is no ~, dlm hal ini tidak dapat dibuat perbandingan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| plaudit | n ( usu in pl) expression of approval, praise, pujian: his latest novel won the ~s of the critics , novel terbarunya mendapat pujian para pengkritik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |