单词 | making |
释义 | making /may"king/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill. 2. structure; constitution; makeup. 3. the means or cause of success or advancement: to be the making of someone. 4. Usually, makings. capacity or potential: He has the makings of a first-rate officer. 5. makings, a. material of which something may be made: the makings for a tossed salad. b. Older Slang. paper and tobacco with which to make a hand-rolled cigarette. 6. something made. 7. the quantity made: a making of butter. 8. in the making, in the process of being made; developing or evolving; growing: Our space scientists see history in the making. [bef. 1150; ME; OE macung. See MAKE1, -ING1] |
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