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makebate

/meyk-beyt/US // ˈmeɪkˌbeɪt //

补课,酿酒,补习班,敲诈勒索

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : a person who causes contention or discord.

Examples

  • But after all he pays well that pays with gold; and Mike Lambourne was never a makebate, or a spoil-sport, or the like.

  • Makebate (IP315,d), busybody, breeder of strife "a discordant element."

  • Barillon was therefore directed to act, with all possible precautions against detection, the part of a makebate.