单词 | to be the making of |
释义 | > as lemmasto be the making of 3. Advancement, success. Now only in to be the making of (colloquial): to be what ensures the success or favourable development of (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > ensure prosperity or success of make1460 to be the making ofa1500 to make a man for ever1584 to make (a person) a man1584 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank risinga1393 uprising1430 climbing1487 makinga1500 rise1608 aggrandizement1738 uprise1810 a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 93 (MED) Kynges and vnderstandynge er brether..And vnderstandynge ys þe enchesoun þat puttys yn werk all hys beinges and werkes, ffor it ys his Makynge. a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 731 in Poems (1899) 35 A man to be preferred to honour Of fee or office to his grete makyng. c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 124 Your good and discret answere may be my making. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 215 They [sc. women] are the making or the marring of their house. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 31 A lucky Repartee hit upon by Chance may be the making of a Man. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xi. 241 The fine Gentleman,..who doth so much Honour to his Family, and is to be the Making of it. View more context for this quotation 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlix. 532 If it gets into one of the local papers, it will be the making of me. 1871 S. Smiles Character xi. 324 A wife may be the making or the unmaking of the best of men. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf iii. 27 And mind you, it's for your own soul's sake. It will be the making of you. 1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down 123 I've pestered our news editor into promising that he'll find me space for it..—it might be the making of me. 1986 A. Harding Also Georgiana (1988) x.146 Since I am so soon to be married they are naturally of the opinion that a good match would be the making of my brother! to have (also be) the making(s) of a. The material out of which something may be made; the potentiality of becoming something. Later also in plural: the materials, equipment, etc., required for making something; ingredients. Usually with of, esp. in to have (also be) the making(s) of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > be capable of [verb (transitive)] > of becoming to have (also be) the making(s) of1623 the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > potentiality > [noun] possea1592 making1623 potentiality1625 potentialness1668 existibility1677 pregnancy1818 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > material matter1340 substancec1350 subject matter1535 making1623 material1624 substratuma1676 materiality1811 hypostase1867 materiature1881 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. i. 87 She had all the Royall makings of a Queene. View more context for this quotation 1827 G. Griffin Tales Munster Festivals III. 89 I wisht you went to the cup-board an brought us the makens of a jug o' punch. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxvi. 398 He seemed to have the makings of a very nice fellow about him. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iii. 17 There was the making of a good rider in many of them. 1861 W. H. Russell in Times 24 Sept. They are not an army, but they are the making, as we say, of a splendid one. 1887 H. Smart Cleverly Won ii. 16 There was possibly the makings of a great cross-country horse in her. 1918 ‘B. MacNamara’ Valley of Squinting Windows 4 And I standing in the presence of the makings of a priest! 1950 Canad. Home Jrnl. Jan. 24 The cake-mix... The package which would yield the principal makings for a good cake. a1953 E. O'Neill Long Day's Journey (1956) iv. 154 He hasn't even got the makings. 1977 Rolling Stone 13 Jan. 55/1 Phoebe Snow is not yet a mature artist. Though the makings are nowhere more evident than on her third album. 1987 S. Barr & J. Poppy Flame iii. 40 Here it wasn't even lunchtime and we already had the making of slapstick. < as lemmas |
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