单词 | making-up |
释义 | making-upn. a. The action of making (something, someone, etc.) up (see to make up at make v.1 Phrasal verbs 1); completion; compounding, composition; reconciliation; dressing up and disguising for the impersonation of a character; the application of make-up. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction building1297 performinga1425 facturec1425 constructionc1440 construingc1440 making-upa1525 compoundingc1529 composition1555 frame1558 compacting1561 composing1574 architecture1590 composure1609 fabric1611 compiling1624 compagination1646 confection1652 composal1700 constitutinga1713 constructure1712 constructing1788 confecting1863 the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > forming a quantity making-upa1525 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > reconciliation saughtnessc1000 accordc1275 saughtelinga1300 saughtlinessa1300 cordementc1320 accordmentc1330 reconcilinga1382 reconciliationa1398 cordinga1400 saughtinga1400 reparationc1450 reconcilementc1475 recounsellinga1500 atonement1513 making-upa1525 recorda1540 atone1595 atonemaking1611 reconciliage1626 redintegration1631 reintegration1656 according1709 make-up1833 Versöhnung1976 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > instance of showa1500 making-upa1525 shine?1529 face1542 varnish1565 copy of one's countenance1579 false1598 mock-beggar1603 mockerya1616 umbrage1634 simulacrum1833 phoney war1939 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > other disguising1395 furring1554 making-up1632 reclothing1753 overdressing1806 re-dressing1825 overclothing1859 revesting1907 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > preparation by mixing confection1477 confecting1626 making-up1671 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [noun] > lowering strength making-up1753 society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > composing on a machine > type of making-up1808 linotyping1902 slug-setting1963 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating likingeOE queemingeOE mitigationa1382 pleasinga1382 propitiationa1425 appeasement1430 pacification1437 appeasingc1522 reconcilement1581 placation1589 reflection1607 modificationa1641 commodation1643 pacation1658 conciliation1775 making-up1816 mollification1886 the mind > will > decision > [noun] resolvinga1398 resolutiona1475 decision1490 determination1548 resolve1818 making-up1841 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] make-up1846 making-up1869 maquillage1892 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > [noun] > making-up making-up1869 a1525 Regul. Houshold Earl of Northumb. (1770) 346 For the makyng up the booke of the Deficiens of the Officers..lxvjs. viijd. 1593 R. Bancroft Daungerous Positions iv. x. 168 Of purpose to haue drawen Lancaster vnto them, for the making vp of a quaternion. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. B4v They say three Taylors go to the making vp of a man, but Ime sure I had foure Taylors and a halfe went to the making of me thus. 1614 in Minutes & Accts. Feoffees Peterborough (Northants. Rec. Soc.) (1937) 4 Receaved for certeine stufe vnspent at the makeinge vp of the wale by the bridge..3s. 6d. 1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iii. sig. F2v Thy Taylor,..Can bring more to the making vp of a man, Then can be hop'd from thee. 1671 J. Blagrave Astrol. Pract. Physick (title page) Directing the way to Distil and Extract their Vertues and making up of Medicines. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 404 Its use is for the making up of Pearl-Juleps. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Making Up, a term used by the distillers to express the bringing spirits up to a certain standard of strength by the addition of water. 1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 467 As soon as the first person brings him his matter, he [sc. the clicker] counts off the number of lines,..then gives him another taking of copy, and proceeds with the making up [of the type pages]. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. xii. 206 She hoped they might now become friends again... Making-up indeed would not do. She certainly had not been in the wrong. View more context for this quotation 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 108 Any making-up of his mind. 1869 Mrs. H. Wood Roland Yorke II. xxv. 226 That lady..had absolute need of artistic aid in the matter of making-up. 1883 W. D. Howells Woman's Reason (new ed.) I. x. 206 I've written him a making-up letter. 1890 Daily News 23 Dec. 5/4 The herring boats came in from sea at Lowestoft last week, and the process of ‘making-up’ being now concluded [etc.]. 1905 J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide iv. 74 His worst quarrel with Gus and her friend, Clara Hopkins—the quarrel that lasted two weeks without a making up—came about because the new member refused to tell what the initials ‘stood for’. 1930 K. E. Olson Typogr. & Mechanics of Newspaper xiii. 421 Every fiftieth or one-hundredth paper is turned slightly askew by an automatic ‘kicker’ in order to facilitate the making up of bundles of given content. 1979 Southern Star (County Cork, Ireland) 29 Sept. 23/2 Russell was almost a two to one money favourite before the score with the eventual stake at £880 after the Drinagh side had spent more time ‘paying back’ than they had spent in ‘making up’. 1990 A. Sebba Laura Ashley: Life by Design (BNC) I do want to have very simple things... They look good and take so little making-up time. b. Chiefly Stock Market. The balancing of accounts at the end of a certain period. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > balancing of accounts balance1588 rescounter1622 balancing1668 making-up1847 bank reconciliation1898 make-up1952 1847 Reg. Stock Exchange 33 The making-up price of Consols. 1878 E. C. Maddison Speculation on Stock Exchange 15 The process known as ‘making-up’ settles many bargains before the arrival of the settling-day. Making-up commences on the contango-day and is continued on the ticket-day. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Sept. 7/2 Since the last ‘making up’ day most of the movements in the Home Railway market have been favourable to operators for the rise. 1892 Daily News 10 May 7/3 From ten to twenty millions have been added to the market value of Stock Exchange securities since the last making-up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1525 |
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