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

The action of making do (make v.¹ 39f); an instance of this; a makeshift, a temporary expedient. Also make-do-and-mend.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [noun] > making shift > that with which one makes shift

make-do1895

lash-up1898

Band-Aid1968

1895 Dial. Notes 1 372 These 'ere make-dos are no 'count.

1916 R. Kipling Tales of ‘Trade’ 13 The full tale of their improvisations and ‘make-do's’ will probably never come to light.

1944 in R. W. Zandvoort et al. Wartime Eng. (1957) 151 This garment is being made in the Make-do-and-Mend Department of the store from an old costume.

1947 I. J. C. Brown Say Word 105 This age of bits and pieces, queues, rationing, and make-do-and-mend.

1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xiv. 420 The spirit of make-shift and make-do too often prevailed.

1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts July 475/1 There will be a growth in do-it-yourself and make-do-and-mend because goods..will have to last.

单词	make-do-and-mend
释义	> as lemmas make-do-and-mend The action of making do (make v.¹ 39f); an instance of this; a makeshift, a temporary expedient. Also make-do-and-mend. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [noun] > making shift > that with which one makes shift make-do1895 lash-up1898 Band-Aid1968 1895 Dial. Notes 1 372 These 'ere make-dos are no 'count. 1916 R. Kipling Tales of ‘Trade’ 13 The full tale of their improvisations and ‘make-do's’ will probably never come to light. 1944 in R. W. Zandvoort et al. Wartime Eng. (1957) 151 This garment is being made in the Make-do-and-Mend Department of the store from an old costume. 1947 I. J. C. Brown Say Word 105 This age of bits and pieces, queues, rationing, and make-do-and-mend. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xiv. 420 The spirit of make-shift and make-do too often prevailed. 1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts July 475/1 There will be a growth in do-it-yourself and make-do-and-mend because goods..will have to last. extracted from make-don.adj. < as lemmas
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