kudos /'kjuidDs;
NAmE 'ku:da:s/ noun [U] the admiration
and respect that goes with a particular achievement or position (
:
the kudos of playing for such a famous team
wmzwAmMm sazi prestige
kudu /’kuidu:/
noun {pi kudu, kudus) a large greyish or
brownish African antelope with
white stripes on its sides. The male kudu has long twisted horns. & $ fk
(
)
Ku
Klux Klan /,ku: klAks 'klaen/ noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] {abbr. KKK) a secret organization
of white men in the southern states of the
kulfi /'kolfi/
noun [C, U] a type of S
Asian ice cream, usually served in the shape of a cone ( ^ <?K
)
Kumbh
Mela /,kum
'meila/ noun [u] a Hindu bathing festival that takes place every
twelve years and is held on the river banks of any of the holy cities of
Allahabad, Hardwar, Nasik or Ujjain
A® fr ( WWfMtrfr
0 ,
mf)
kum quaf /'kAmkwnt; NAmE -kwart/ noun a fruit like a very
small orange with sweet skin that is eaten, and sour flesh
kung fu /.kAi] 'fu:/ noun [U] (from Chinese) a Chinese system of
fighting without weapons, similar to karate
kurta /'k3:ta;
NAmE 'k3:rta/ noun a loose shirt, worn
by men or women in
mm, 8 ££50,
kvetch /kvetJ7 verb [V] {NAmE, informal) to complain about sth
all the time % Ji jfi & ; & M $t # M HE3
MOAN, WHINE
kW abbr. (in writing) kilowatt(s) ( ) AR: a
2kW electric fire * 2
kwaito
/'kwaitau;
NAmE -too/
noun [U] a type of popular
South African dance music, often with words that are spoken rather than sung ® f H
ffi,
ftimim)
Kwan
zaa /'kwaenza:/ noun [U] a cultural festival that is celebrated in the
phrase in Swahili that means
‘first fruits’. SUrR#!! ig, MA o
kwashi or kor /.kwDjToikoifr);
.kwaej-; NAmE ,kwa:fi- 'oirkar/ noun [U] a dangerous form of malnutrition that is caused by not
eating enough protein
kwela
/'kwela/
noun [U] a type of South African jazz music in which the main part is usually played on a penny whistle (= a type of long
whistle with holes in it that you can cover with your fingers to produce
different notes) £££Ji (
)
kWh abbr. {pi kWh) (in writing) kilowatt-hour(s) ( 45
) ARN\ -it (
* )
KWIC
/kwik/
abbr.
{computing if)
keyword in context (used to describe a way of displaying the results of a
computer search where the word searched for is shown in the middle with text on
each side) ±T4t|*|^il^ (
kyle /kail/ noun (in
kylie /'kaili/ noun {.AustralE) a boomerang (UAH;