| 单词 | to have the making of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto 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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