| 单词 | to make it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make it b. transitive. Originally Nautical. To reach (a place) in travelling, come to, arrive at. to make it: to succeed in covering an intended distance or reaching an intended place; to get through an illness or other danger. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)] to come toOE reachOE hita1075 ofreachlOE catchc1330 latchc1330 recovera1375 getc1390 henta1393 win?1473 fetch1589 to fetch up1589 obtain1589 attainc1592 make1610 gaina1616 arrive1647 advene1684 strike1798 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] areach1014 reachOE ofreachlOE overtakec1225 catchc1330 acomec1350 touchc1384 getc1390 to come at ——a1393 henta1393 overreacha1400 win?1473 aspire1581 obtain1589 attainc1592 make1610 gaina1616 acquire1665 advene1684 1610 Let. Council Virginia 7 July in A. Brown Genesis of U.S. (1890) I. 403 We saw her no more untill the 6th of June, at what time we made land to the Southward of our harbour. 1610 Let. Council Virginia 7 July in A. Brown Genesis of U.S. (1890) I. 403 Before noone we made Cape Henry. 1645 E. Waller Wks. 10 From the sterne of some good ship appears, A friendly light..: New courage..they take, And climbing ore the waves that taper make. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 76 Being not far from Dover, we could not yet make the Peere till 4 that afternoone. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 208 The weary Trojans ply their shatter'd Oars, To nearest Land, and make the Lybian Shoars. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4481/3 The West-India Fleet and Coasters,..not being able to make Torbay,..were all forced..to the Westward. a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) II. xiv. 103 We forced open the prison gates, and..made the mountains on the borders of Valentia. 1805 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 39 I determined to attempt to make the river, and for that purpose took a due south course. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. xvii. 245 It will be wise to make a cover, lest the Sons of the Squatter should be out skirting on our trail. 1828 Sporting Mag. 21 322 She [sc. a coach]..started at ten, and made the White Horse, Fetter Lane, at four precisely. 1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) 360 We made Chicago at 7.30 on Sunday morning. 1885 T. L. Work in Australasian Printers' Keepsake 16 ‘When you make Mokepilly,’ quoth one of the sunburnt bullocky men, ‘keep on the brush fence.’ 1905 R. E. Beach Pardners 55 We can't make it over into Mexico without being caught up. 1935 L. A. G. Strong Seven Arms 46 No matter if they can't make it in the day, sleeping out won't hurt them. 1951 N. M. Gunn Well at World's End xviii. 148 He had..found out that we could make Pamplona that day and asked if we were game. 1989 Ships Monthly Mar. 33/2 The vessel made port, but later capsized and sank in Valetta. to make it e. transitive. figurative. to make it: (colloquial) to be successful, accomplish one's objective; (slang) to achieve sexual intercourse (with). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) speed993 achievec1300 escheve?a1400 succeed1509 to turn up trumps1595 fadge1611 to nick ita1637 to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655 to get on1768 to reap, win one's laurels1819 to go a long way1859 win out1861 score1882 to make it1885 to make a ten-strike1887 to make the grade1912 to make good1914 to bring home the bacon1924 to go places1931 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with mingeOE haveOE knowc1175 ofliec1275 to lie with (or by)a1300 knowledgec1300 meetc1330 beliea1350 yknowc1350 touchc1384 deala1387 dightc1386 usea1387 takec1390 commona1400 to meet witha1400 servea1400 occupy?a1475 engender1483 jangle1488 to be busy with1525 to come in1530 visitc1540 niggle1567 mow1568 to mix one's thigh with1593 do1594 grind1598 pepper1600 yark1600 tumble1603 to taste of1607 compressc1611 jumble1611 mix?1614 consort?1615 tastea1616 bumfiddle1630 ingressa1631 sheet1637 carnal1643 night-work1654 bump1669 bumble1680 frig?c1680 fuck1707 stick1707 screw1719 soil1722 to do over1730 shag1770 hump1785 subagitatec1830 diddle1879 to give (someone) onec1882 charver1889 fuckeec1890 plugc1890 dick1892 to make a baby1911 to know (a person) in the biblical sense1912 jazz1920 rock1922 yentz1924 roll1926 to make love1927 shtupa1934 to give (or get) a tumble1934 shack1935 bang1937 to have it off1937 rump1937 tom1949 to hop into bed (with)1951 ball1955 to make it1957 plank1958 score1960 naughty1961 pull1965 pleasurea1967 to have away1968 to have off1968 dork1970 shaft1970 bonk1975 knob1984 boink1985 fand- 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham vi, in Cent. Mag. Jan. 372/2 He jumped on board the steam-boat with Corey. ‘Just made it,’ he said. 1912 R. A. Wason Friar Tuck xxvi. 255 Badger-face tried to raise himself on his elbow, but he couldn't quite make it. 1925 E. Hemingway In our Time (1926) ix. 121 It looked like him or the bull and then he finally made it. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock i. i. 20 ‘Will you be there?’ ‘No,’ Hale said. ‘I can't make it.’ 1954 W. S. Burroughs Let. 3 Sept. (1993) 233 Now Allen is talking about making it with a chick, and I am really upset and worried. If I get out to Frisco and he is making it with a chick I might as well turn around and start back. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iii. viii. 225 They went to a parking lot in broad daylight..and there, he claims, he made it with her in nothing flat. 1967 Field & Stream June 96/3 I hope he makes it through the winter. 1970 Observer 20 Sept. 26/1 Bombers..lurching along the runway like a swarm of crippled insects, until finally they make it into the air. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Nov. 1389/2 He finally makes it with long-desired Rachel. 1984 R. Dahl Boy 19 There were many acres of farm and woodland..a couple of gardeners and all manner of servants in the house... Harald Dahl had made it in no uncertain manner. to make it a. transitive. [Probably after the same Latin idiom as sense 55a.] to make it (with adverb or adverbial phrase of manner): to act, behave. make it so: see also sense 35f. Obsolete. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Tiber.) (Junius transcript) (1871) xvi. 98 Ðeah he [sc. Paul] upaðened wære on his modes scearpnesse, ne forhogode he ðæt he hit eft gecirde to ðæm flæsclican burcotum, & gestihtode hu men sceoldon ðærinne hit macian. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxi. 203 Swa he hit macode on his life. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 27 (MED) Þe kyng..made it as þey were nouȝt wrooþ. a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 178 Quhat neidis ȝow to maik it sua? to make it b. transitive. Similarly to make it with adjective complement. to make it coy (also nice, proud, quaint, stout, strange, tough): to behave in a coy (proud, etc.) manner: see the adjectives. to make it goodly: to give oneself airs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] to make it goodlyc1325 bride?1533 affect1600 mimp1673 to give oneself airs1701 fal-lal1818 pose1840 posturize1850 attitudinize1864 primp1875 posture1877 lardy-dardy1887 to put (or pile) on lugs1889 la-di-da1901 profile1970 the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (intransitive)] to make it goodlyc1325 usurpc1400 to take state upon one1597 to come over ——1600 to gentilize it1607 to state it1625 to give oneself airs1701 to put on airs1715 to mount (also ride) the high horse1782 to put on (the) dog1865 to get (also have) notions1866 to put on side1870 to have a roll on1881 to put (or pile) on lugs1889 side1890 to put on the Ritz1921 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10498 (MED) Þe king glosede her & þer & made it somdel touȝt, Ac þo it com to þe strengþe he nolde it graunti nouȝt. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 3863 Thanne Shame cam forth full symply..Humble of hir port, and made it symple, Weryng a vayle in stide of wymple. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faire la petite bouche, to mince, or simper it; to make it goodly. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faire la sadinette, to mince it, nicefie it, make it dainty, to be verie squeamish. < as lemmas |
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