to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
to produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about: to make trouble; to make war.
to cause to be or become; render: to make someone happy.
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to appoint or name: The president made her his special envoy.
to put in the proper condition or state, as for use; fix; prepare: to make a bed; to make dinner.
to bring into a certain form: to make bricks out of clay.
to convert from one state, condition, category, etc., to another: to make a virtue of one's vices.
to cause, induce, or compel: to make a horse jump a barrier.
to give rise to; occasion: It's not worth making a fuss over such a trifle.
to produce, earn, or win for oneself: to make a good salary; to make one's fortune in oil.
to write or compose: to make a short poem for the occasion.
to draw up, as a legal document; draft: to make a will.
to do; effect: to make a bargain.
to establish or enact; put into existence: to make laws.
to become by development; prove to be: You'll make a good lawyer.
to form in the mind, as a judgment or estimate: to make a decision.
to judge or interpret, as to the truth, nature, meaning, etc.: What do you make of it?
to estimate; reckon: to make the distance at ten miles.
to bring together separate parts so as to produce a whole; compose; form: to make a matched set.
to amount to; bring up the total to: Two plus two makes four. That makes an even dozen.
to serve as: to make good reading.
to be sufficient to constitute: One story does not make a writer.
to be adequate or suitable for: This wool will make a warm sweater.
to assure the success or fortune of: a deal that could make or break him; Seeing her made my day.
to deliver, utter, or put forth: to make a stirring speech.
to go or travel at a particular speed: to make 60 miles an hour.
to arrive at or reach; attain: The ship made port on Friday. Do you think he'll make 80?
to arrive in time for: to make the first show.
to arrive in time to be a passenger on: If you hurry, you can make the next flight.
Informal. to gain or acquire a position within: He made the big time.
to receive mention or appear in or on: The robbery made the front page.
to gain recognition or honor by winning a place or being chosen for inclusion in or on: The novel made the bestseller list. He made the all-American team three years in a row.
Slang. to have sexual intercourse with.
Cards. to name.to take a trick with.Bridge.to fulfill or achieve.to shuffle.
to earn, as a score: The team made 40 points in the first half.
Slang. to recognize or identify: Any cop in town will make you as soon as you walk down the street.to charge or cause to be charged with a crime: The police expect to make a couple of suspects soon.
to close.
South Midland and Southern U.S. to plant and cultivate or produce: He makes some of the best corn in the country.
v. 无主动词 verb
made,mak·ing.
to cause oneself, or something understood, to be as specified: to make sure.
to show oneself to be or seem in action or behavior: to make merry.
to be made, as specified: This fabric makes up into beautiful drapes.
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to move or proceed in a particular direction: They made after the thief.
to rise, as the tide or water in a ship.
South Midland and Southern U.S. to grow, develop, or mature: It looks like the corn's going to make pretty good this year.
make down,Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to rain or snow: It's making down hard.
make fast,Chiefly Nautical. to fasten or secure.
make shut,Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to close: Make the door shut.
n. 名词 noun
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
production with reference to the manufacturer; brand: our own make.
disposition; character; nature.
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the act or process of making.
quantity made; output.
Cards. the act of naming the trump, or the suit named as trump.
Electricity. the closing of an electric circuit.
Jewelry. the excellence of a polished diamond with regard to proportion, symmetry, and finish.
Slang. identifying information about a person or thing from police records: He radioed headquarters for a make on the car's license plate.
v. 动词组 verb
make out, to write out or complete, as a bill or check.to establish; prove.to decipher; discern.to imply, suggest, or impute: He made me out to be a liar.to manage; succeed: How are you making out in your new job?Slang.to engage in kissing and caressing; neck.Slang.to have sexual intercourse.Chiefly Pennsylvania German.to turn off or extinguish: Make the light out.
make over, to remodel; alter: to make over a dress; to make over a page layout.to transfer the title of; convey: After she retired she made over her property to her children and moved to Florida.
make for, to go toward; approach: to make for home.to lunge at; attack.to help to promote or maintain: This incident will not make for better understanding between the warring factions.
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make off, to run away; depart hastily: The only witness to the accident made off before the police arrived.Nautical.to stand off from a coast, especially a lee shore.
make off with, to carry away; steal: While the family was away, thieves made off with most of their valuables.
make on,Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to turn on, light, or ignite: Make the light on.
make up, to constitute; compose; form.to put together; construct; compile.to concoct; invent.Also make up for. to compensate for; make good.to complete.to put in order; arrange: The maid will make up the room.to conclude; decide.to settle amicably, as differences.to become reconciled, as after a quarrel.Printing.to arrange set type, illustrations, etc., into columns or pages.to dress in appropriate costume and apply cosmetics for a part on the stage.to apply cosmetics.to adjust or balance, as accounts; prepare, as statements.Education.to repeat.Education.to take an examination that one had been unable to take when first given, usually because of absence.to specify and indicate the layout or arrangement of.Atlantic States. to develop or gather: It's making up for a storm.Atlantic States. to become turbulent: If the sea makes up, row toward land.
make up to,Informal.to try to become friendly with; fawn on.to make advances to; flirt with: He makes up to every new woman in the office.