英语词汇“make-out”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. phrasal verb

If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it.

I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

I heard the voices, but couldn't make out what they were saying. [VERB PARTICLE wh]

2. phrasal verb

If you try to make something out, you try to understand it or decide whether or not it is true.

I couldn't make it out at all. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

It is hard to make out what criteria are used. [VERB PARTICLE wh]

This was, as far as I can make out, the only time he's had proper employment. [VERB PARTICLE]

3. phrasal verb

If you make out that something is the case or make something out to be the case, you try to cause people to believe that it is the case.

They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it. [VERB PARTICLE that]

I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be. [V n P to-inf]

He's more business-minded than he makes himself out to be. [V n P to-inf]

He was never half as bad as his teachers made out. [VERB PARTICLE]

4. phrasal verb

If you make out a case for something, you try to establish or prove that it is the best thing to do.

You could certainly make out a case for this point of view. [V P n + for/against]

Alice continued making out her case. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]

[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]

5. phrasal verb

When you make out a cheque, receipt, or order form, you write all the necessary information on it.

If you would like to send a donation, you can make a cheque out to Feed the Children. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to]

I'm going to make out a receipt for you. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

6. phrasal verb

If you ask how someone is making out, you are asking how well they are doing with a particular task, or in their life in general.

[informal]

Who is making out better right now? [VERB PARTICLE adverb]

Bob turned over to sleep again, wondering how Jupiter and Pete were making out. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]

7. phrasal verb

If two people are making out, they are engaged in sexual activity.

[mainly US, informal]

...pictures of the couple making out on the beach.

[Also V P + with]

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单词	make-out
释义	Trends of make out View usage for: make out 1. phrasal verb If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it. I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth. [VERB PARTICLE noun] She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I heard the voices, but couldn't make out what they were saying. [VERB PARTICLE wh] 2. phrasal verb If you try to make something out, you try to understand it or decide whether or not it is true. I couldn't make it out at all. [VERB noun PARTICLE] It is hard to make out what criteria are used. [VERB PARTICLE wh] This was, as far as I can make out, the only time he's had proper employment. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you make out that something is the case or make something out to be the case, you try to cause people to believe that it is the case. They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it. [VERB PARTICLE that] I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be. [V n P to-inf] He's more business-minded than he makes himself out to be. [V n P to-inf] He was never half as bad as his teachers made out. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you make out a case for something, you try to establish or prove that it is the best thing to do. You could certainly make out a case for this point of view. [V P n + for/against] Alice continued making out her case. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb When you make out a cheque, receipt, or order form, you write all the necessary information on it. If you would like to send a donation, you can make a cheque out to Feed the Children. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] I'm going to make out a receipt for you. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 6. phrasal verb If you ask how someone is making out, you are asking how well they are doing with a particular task, or in their life in general. [informal] Who is making out better right now? [VERB PARTICLE adverb] Bob turned over to sleep again, wondering how Jupiter and Pete were making out. [VERB PARTICLE adverb] 7. phrasal verb If two people are making out, they are engaged in sexual activity. [mainly US, informal] ...pictures of the couple making out on the beach. [Also V P + with] More Synonyms of make out See full dictionary entry for make make out in British English verb (adverb) 1. (transitive) to discern or perceive can you make out that house in the distance? 2. (transitive) to understand or comprehend I can't make out this letter 3. (transitive) to write out he made out a receipt 4. (transitive) to attempt to establish or prove she made me out to be a liar 5. (intransitive) to pretend I made out that I could cook 6. (intransitive) to manage or fare how did you make out in the contest? 7. (intransitive; often foll by with) informal, mainly US and Canadian to engage in necking or petting a couple were making out on the sofa make out in American English 1. to see or hear with some difficulty but clearly enough to understand 2. to understand 3. to write out 4. to fill out (as a blank form) 5. to show or prove to be 6. to try to show, affirm, or imply to be 7. to succeed; get along 8. US, Slang a. to kiss and caress as lovers b. to have sexual intercourse See full dictionary entry for make Examples of 'make out' in a sentence make out From what I can make out it's somebody's medical records, or doctor's notes or something. Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMER (2002) From time to time, she could make out the flash of his skin between the tree trunks. Gregg Andrew Hurwitz MINUTES TO BURN (2001) Definition of 'make out'
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