| 单词 | make nothing of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of c. transitive. to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of: to derive advantage from or turn to account, to the degree specified.to make the best (also most, worst) of: see the nouns. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] wendOE forshapeOE workOE awendOE makec1175 turna1200 forwenda1325 change1340 shape1362 transmewc1374 transposec1380 puta1382 convertc1384 exchangea1400 remue?a1400 makea1425 reduce?a1425 removec1425 resolvea1450 transvertc1450 overchangec1480 mew1512 transmutea1513 wring1524 reduct1548 transform1556 innovate1561 metamorphose1576 transume1579 metamorphize1587 transmove1590 transchangea1599 transfashion1601 deflect1613 fordo1624 entail1628 transmutate1632 distila1637 to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637 transqualify1652 unconvert1654 simulate1658 spend1668 transverse1687 hocus-pocus1774 mutate1796 fancy1801 to change around1871 metamorphosize1888 catalyse1944 morph1996 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to accomplish anything or much to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637 not to get any (or much) change out of (a person or situation)1860 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [verb (transitive)] > derive little benefit from to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637 the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of > turn to account lucrify1564 improve1604 to turn to account1679 to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1707 avail1785 to make a good thing of (also out of)1800 utilize1807 exploiter1818 to make capital out of1840 capitalize1869 1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1671) 136 If Christ can make anything of my naughtie..love to him. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxxii. 12) 258 A flye can make little of a flower; but a bee will not off, till he hath the sweet thyme out of it. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 229 They Boarded her again the third time, but could make nothing on't. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 202 I set about the work..resolv'd to..be certain whether I could make anything of it or not. 1732 Ld. Tyrawly in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 381 Unless you have two Moletta-men..you won't be able to make anything at all of her [sc. a boat], with any hands you'll get. 1768 J. Cremer Jrnl. 19 July in R. R. Bellamy Ramblin' Jack (1936) 118 But I must relate a misfortin I had remaining on me, all though I have made little of it. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. ix. 270 He..stood up, like a pillar of iron, as far off, as he could—played square—and offered only an occasional trip, of which nothing could be made. 1870 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Gleanings 2nd Ser. 246 Calumny made something of his relations with William Tooke. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 59 They hold the place which once the chieftain held, And what have they made of it? 1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. ii. 8 No one could get down to a job of work and make something of it. 1967 ‘S. Woods’ And shame Devil 23 ‘I've always done my duty,’ said Sergeant Duckett truculently. ‘If anyone wants to make anything of that.’ 1969 D. Acheson Present at Creation (1970) xi. 92 What small assets we had must be husbanded and made much of. to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or †on) a. transitive. to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or †on): to have an opinion of or rate at (the degree specified); to treat with much (little, no, etc.) consideration. to make much of: (often) to treat with marked courtesy and show of affection; also in prepositional passive. to make nothing of: to find no difficulty in or feel no scruples at (doing something); to make light of; cf. sense 35e.to make light of, †slight of: see the adjectives. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)] deemc1384 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 counta1400 thinka1400 reputatec1450 reckon1567 weigh1573 repute1579 esteem1583 censure1592 take stock1736 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [phrase] > value at specific rate to set (so) little (or lite), (so) much (or mickle, a great deal), less, least, more, most byc1374 to set at (much, little) storec1386 to set (great, etc.) store byc1386 to set little, more, nought, not, of1390 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 accounta1450 to set greatly, littly, lightly, so, etc. by1530 to conceive well, ill, etc. (of)1535 count1602 to set —— value on also upon1625 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 disprize1480 misprize1483 to make light of1526 extenuate1529 to make the worst ofc1530 seclude?1531 to take (also wrest) to the worst1531 deprisec1550 disparagea1556 undermatch1571 embase1577 underbid1593 underprize1600 underpoise1602 undervalue1611 minorize1615 underspeak1635 underthink1646 underrate1650 minify1676 under-measure1682 underpraise1698 sneeze1806 understate1824 disappreciate1828 under-estimatea1850 minimize1866 to play down1869 worsen1885 to sell short1936 downplay1948 underplay1949 lowball1979 minimalize1979 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 to make of (also on)c1449 to make fair weather of1537 over-reckon1537 overmind1571 overween1588 overprize?1589 overcount1593 overvalue1597 overrate1599 wondernize1599 overhold1609 over-cess1611 overweight1613 overthinka1618 over-title1620 overcast1622 overmeasure1625 over-sum1628 overesteema1639 overproportion1642 outbid1688 overcharge1711 overestimate1797 overreach1822 overplay1835 maximize1866 maximate1881 out-reckon1898 fetishize1934 the mind > emotion > love > affection > [verb (transitive)] > treat or behave affectionately to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 to make of (also on)1601 much1640 endear1683 to be sweet on (upon)1694 to be all over (a person)1912 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (transitive)] > make less important or unimportant to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303 mincea1591 to make no matter of1604 triflea1616 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)1632 pygmy1658 insignificate1676 minify1676 smooth1684 trivialize1846 nonentitize1903 minoritize1947 sideline1953 peripheralize1955 marginalize1970 marginate1970 deprioritize1973 the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] to make no strength of?c1225 strengthc1225 to make nothing to1675 to make nothing1688 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)1711 to think nothing of1802 c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 2292 What make ye so muche of Salomon? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23860 Quen noght es mad of crists word. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 495 The more she made of hym, the more was hys payne. c1500 Melusine (1895) 302 Whan geffray with the grete toth herd that the geaunt made so lytel of hym. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxx She had nothyng more to be beloued, nothyng more derer, nor nothynge to be made more of. 1550 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 383 The Scots bear a fell rout in this court, and be much made of. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. F O its a pretious good foole, make much on him. View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iv. i. 286 I was one of the most made of and cherished daughters that euer father brought vp. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII (1885) 40 He was very honourably entertained, and extremely much made on by the Pope. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To make nothing of, desestimer. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 57. ¶3 She talks of Hounds and Horses, and makes nothing of leaping over a Six bar Gate. 1778 F. Burney Let. (1994) 162 They make nothing of coupling Fielding & me together! 1818 W. Sewall Diary 4 July (1930) 44/2 Here in the town of Boston this day is made great of. 1821 Examiner 732/2 He made nothing of eating burning coals. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lvi. 81 Whate'er the cause, the church made little of it. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. ii. 136 No queen could be more made of. 1838 S. Parker Jrnl. Tour beyond Rocky Mts. (1846) 28 The river makes nothing of washing away banks and islands. 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors vi. 100 This forced trial of hydropathy is, indeed, so common an occurrence, that whalemen make nothing of it. 1899 F. H. Groome Gypsy Folk-tales p. lxxiv In the folk~tales of India..a rakshasi makes nothing of polishing off the entire population of a city. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female viii. 178 The Sepik peoples—Iatmul, Tchambuk, and Mundugumor—make little of menstruation ceremonies. 1970 Soviet Weekly 30 May 12/2 The caterpillar truck made nothing of the rough country but we felt a bit sea-sick, so to speak. 1984 A. West H. G. Wells (1985) vii. 139 My father was made much of by the Soviet authorities on each side of his Kremlin interview. 1991 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Anathemas & Admirations ii. 72 Too much is made of love-hate, and we forget that there exists an even murkier and more complex sentiment: admiration-hate. to make nothing of a. transitive. to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or †on): to have an opinion of or rate at (the degree specified); to treat with much (little, no, etc.) consideration. to make much of: (often) to treat with marked courtesy and show of affection; also in prepositional passive. to make nothing of: to find no difficulty in or feel no scruples at (doing something); to make light of; cf. sense 35e.to make light of, †slight of: see the adjectives. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)] deemc1384 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 counta1400 thinka1400 reputatec1450 reckon1567 weigh1573 repute1579 esteem1583 censure1592 take stock1736 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [phrase] > value at specific rate to set (so) little (or lite), (so) much (or mickle, a great deal), less, least, more, most byc1374 to set at (much, little) storec1386 to set (great, etc.) store byc1386 to set little, more, nought, not, of1390 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 accounta1450 to set greatly, littly, lightly, so, etc. by1530 to conceive well, ill, etc. (of)1535 count1602 to set —— value on also upon1625 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 disprize1480 misprize1483 to make light of1526 extenuate1529 to make the worst ofc1530 seclude?1531 to take (also wrest) to the worst1531 deprisec1550 disparagea1556 undermatch1571 embase1577 underbid1593 underprize1600 underpoise1602 undervalue1611 minorize1615 underspeak1635 underthink1646 underrate1650 minify1676 under-measure1682 underpraise1698 sneeze1806 understate1824 disappreciate1828 under-estimatea1850 minimize1866 to play down1869 worsen1885 to sell short1936 downplay1948 underplay1949 lowball1979 minimalize1979 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 to make of (also on)c1449 to make fair weather of1537 over-reckon1537 overmind1571 overween1588 overprize?1589 overcount1593 overvalue1597 overrate1599 wondernize1599 overhold1609 over-cess1611 overweight1613 overthinka1618 over-title1620 overcast1622 overmeasure1625 over-sum1628 overesteema1639 overproportion1642 outbid1688 overcharge1711 overestimate1797 overreach1822 overplay1835 maximize1866 maximate1881 out-reckon1898 fetishize1934 the mind > emotion > love > affection > [verb (transitive)] > treat or behave affectionately to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 to make of (also on)1601 much1640 endear1683 to be sweet on (upon)1694 to be all over (a person)1912 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (transitive)] > make less important or unimportant to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303 mincea1591 to make no matter of1604 triflea1616 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)1632 pygmy1658 insignificate1676 minify1676 smooth1684 trivialize1846 nonentitize1903 minoritize1947 sideline1953 peripheralize1955 marginalize1970 marginate1970 deprioritize1973 the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] to make no strength of?c1225 strengthc1225 to make nothing to1675 to make nothing1688 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)1711 to think nothing of1802 c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 2292 What make ye so muche of Salomon? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23860 Quen noght es mad of crists word. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 495 The more she made of hym, the more was hys payne. c1500 Melusine (1895) 302 Whan geffray with the grete toth herd that the geaunt made so lytel of hym. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxx She had nothyng more to be beloued, nothyng more derer, nor nothynge to be made more of. 1550 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 383 The Scots bear a fell rout in this court, and be much made of. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. F O its a pretious good foole, make much on him. View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iv. i. 286 I was one of the most made of and cherished daughters that euer father brought vp. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII (1885) 40 He was very honourably entertained, and extremely much made on by the Pope. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To make nothing of, desestimer. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 57. ¶3 She talks of Hounds and Horses, and makes nothing of leaping over a Six bar Gate. 1778 F. Burney Let. (1994) 162 They make nothing of coupling Fielding & me together! 1818 W. Sewall Diary 4 July (1930) 44/2 Here in the town of Boston this day is made great of. 1821 Examiner 732/2 He made nothing of eating burning coals. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lvi. 81 Whate'er the cause, the church made little of it. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. ii. 136 No queen could be more made of. 1838 S. Parker Jrnl. Tour beyond Rocky Mts. (1846) 28 The river makes nothing of washing away banks and islands. 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors vi. 100 This forced trial of hydropathy is, indeed, so common an occurrence, that whalemen make nothing of it. 1899 F. H. Groome Gypsy Folk-tales p. lxxiv In the folk~tales of India..a rakshasi makes nothing of polishing off the entire population of a city. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female viii. 178 The Sepik peoples—Iatmul, Tchambuk, and Mundugumor—make little of menstruation ceremonies. 1970 Soviet Weekly 30 May 12/2 The caterpillar truck made nothing of the rough country but we felt a bit sea-sick, so to speak. 1984 A. West H. G. Wells (1985) vii. 139 My father was made much of by the Soviet authorities on each side of his Kremlin interview. 1991 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Anathemas & Admirations ii. 72 Too much is made of love-hate, and we forget that there exists an even murkier and more complex sentiment: admiration-hate. to make nothing of b. to make nothing of: to make no sense of, discern no meaning in; to fail to understand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > make obscure [verb (transitive)] > fail to apprehend to miss of ——1667 miss1744 to make nothing of1852 1682 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (ed. 3) iv. 111 The Wolfe..sent to School to learn to spell, could make nothing of all, that was said to him, but sheep. His mind..was harden'd against all other suggestions. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 15 He..applied it close to his Eye, to see what it was..but could make nothing of it. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xxvi. 111 She had peeped into Wharton upon the brain, and borrowed Graaf upon the bones and muscles; but could make nothing of it. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. xi. 267 He tried to elicit from her some sentiment of proper horror for Heathcliff's advances; but he could make nothing of her evasive replies. 1852 J. A. Froude Eng. Forgotten Worthies in Ess. (1906) 67 They could make nothing..of his odd ironical answers. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xii. 265 Bella could make nothing of it but that John was in the right. 1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind v. 63 Things seemed going on around him, and all to understand each other; but he could make nothing of it. 1921 V. Woolf Society in Monday or Tuesday 14 At last she dried her tears. For some time we could make nothing of what she said. 1991 E. Russell Taylor Tomorrow 63 Today's public would make nothing of ED and DE, and I promise I shall give nothing further away. < as lemmas |
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