| 单词 | to make like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make like b. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S. regional). to make like: (with clause) to behave as if; (with noun or noun phrase) to behave like, to pretend to be, to imitate. Cf. sense 59a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] evenlecheOE resemble?c1400 imitate1534 sequest1567 succeed1577 act1599 pattern1601 similize1606 like1613 echoa1616 sample1616 ape1634 transcribe1646 copy1648 copy1649 mime1728 borrowa1847 to make likea1881 replicate1915 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (transitive)] beareOE to look likec1390 showa1425 fantasy?1611 weara1616 strikea1701 to make likea1881 a1881 S. Lanier Poems (1892) 179 Then he..made like he neither had seen nor heerd. 1928 J. M. Peterkin Scarlet Sister Mary x. 100 Mary made like she was nearly dead. 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xxiii. 396 This rich fella..makes like he's poor. 1953 P. Frankau Winged Horse iii. i. 177 Couldn't make like nice when the old boy said he knew I'd be..ready for my native land again. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues iii. 43 The next time around she made like a big shot and started the ball rolling by handing me a big tip. 1968 W. Warwick Surfriding in N.Z. 20/3 On a large wave it is also possible to spread your arms and legs out and make like a bird in flight. 1973 D. Francis Slay-ride i. 8 The dinghy slapped busily through the little waves and the crosswind flicked spray on to my left cheek. I pulled my jacket collar up and made like a tortoise. 1994 Bowhunting World Feb. 81/2 ‘I then tell the whole group to make like a bird by putting their arms out,’ she explains. < as lemmas |
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