| 单词 | to be in making |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in making ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > in preparation [phrase] to be in making?a1425 to be a-making1492 in the making1644 on the stocks1669 ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) vi. 21 When þe toure of Babilon was in makyng. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 19 All manere of fardelles..maad and in makinge. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccviii. 190 That bisshop had in london a fayre toure in makynge. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 53/2 The pageauntes..were in making day and night at westminster. 1555–6 Louth Rec. (1891) 140 Item paide..at suche tyme as the petie scole was in making, xls. 1857 C. Kingsley Thoughts Gravel-pit in Misc. (1860) II. 381 When the South-Western Railway was in making. < as lemmas |
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