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

Preparation of a letterpress sheet for printing, so as to obtain evenness of impression

A complete change of dress, appearance, etc to make a person seem less glamorous

make a meal of see under meal¹

make amends

To render compensation or satisfaction

make an ass of oneself

To behave like a fool

make a night (or day) of it

To extend an, esp enjoyable, activity through the whole night (or day)

make as if or (N American) make like or as though

To act as if, to pretend that

make at

To make a hostile movement against

make away (with)

To put out of the way, get rid of, destroy, kill (see also make off or away with below)

make believe

To pretend, feign
To play at believing

make bold see under bold

make certain (of)

To find out
To put beyond doubt
To secure

make do (with)

To manage (with the usu inferior or inadequate means available)

make down

To refashion so as to fit a smaller person
To turn down the sheets and blankets of (Scot)

make eyes at see under eye¹

make for

To set out for, seek to reach
To favour

make free with see under free

make friends

To become friendly
To acquire friends

make good, make light of, make little of, make love to, make merry see under good, etc.

make head or tail of

To find any sense in

make it

To reach an objective
To succeed in a purpose
To become a success (informal)
To have one's way sexually (with) (slang)

make much of

To treat with fondness, to cherish, to foster
To turn to great account
To find much sense in, succeed in understanding

make no doubt

To have no doubt, to be confident

make nothing of

To regard as being of little importance
To have no hesitation or difficulty in (doing)
To be totally unable to understand

make of

To construct from (as material)
To understand by
To make much of, to pet (obsolete and Scot)
To esteem (obsolete)

make off

To decamp

make off or away with

To run away with

make on (Shakespeare)

To make much of

make one's way

To proceed
To succeed

make or break or make or mar

To be the crucial test that brings success or failure to (makeˈ-or-breakˈ adjective)

make or meddle with

To have to do with, interfere with

make out

To descry, to see
To discern
To decipher
To comprehend, understand
To prove
To seek to make it appear
To draw up
To achieve (obsolete)
To fill up
To make do, get along somehow
To succeed
To engage in lovemaking (with) (chiefly N American; slang)

make over

To remake or reconstruct
To make a complete change in a person's style of dress, appearance, etc
To transfer (makeˈover noun)

make sail

To increase the quantity of sail
To set sail

make someone's day see under day

make sure (of)

To ascertain
To put beyond doubt or risk
To secure
To feel certain
To betroth (obsolete)

make the best of

To turn to the best advantage
To take in the best spirit

make the most of

To use to the best advantage

make up

To fabricate
To feign
To collect
To put together
To parcel
To put into shape
To arrange
To settle (an argument)
To become friends again (after a quarrel, etc)
To constitute
To repair
To complete, supplement
To adjust one's appearance (as an actor for a part)
To apply cosmetics to the face
To put type, etc into columns and pages
To set out and balance (accounts)
To make good
To compensate
To decide (Shakespeare)

make up one's mind

To come to a decision

make up to

To make friendly, adulatory, or amorous approaches to
To compensate

make way see under way¹

make with (informal; orig N American)

To start using, doing, etc (something), to bring on or into operation

meet one's maker

To meet God, to die

of one's own making

Entirely the result of one's own decisions and actions

on the make (informal)

Bent on self-advancement or promotion, or on finding a sexual partner

put the make on (slang)

To make sexual advances to

meal¹ /mēl/

noun

The food taken at one time
The act or occasion of taking food, such as a breakfast, dinner or supper

ORIGIN: OE mæl measure, time, portion of time; Du maal, Ger Mahl

mealˈer noun

A person who takes meals at a boarding house, lodging elsewhere

meals on wheels noun

A welfare service taking cooked, usu hot, meals to old people in need of such help

meal ticket noun

A ticket that can be exchanged for a meal (esp at reduced price)
A person or thing that one depends on for one's expenses or income (informal)
Someone who can be depended upon

mealˈ-tide (Scot meltith /melˈtith/ a meal) noun (archaic)

Mealtime

mealˈtime noun

The time at which a meal is regularly taken

make a meal of

To consume as a meal
To enjoy to the full
To treat or perform in an unnecessarily laborious or meticulous way

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meal1 /mēl/

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