| 单词 | to make a do of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a do of P2. colloquial (now chiefly Australian and New Zealand). to make a do of: to make a success of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] shift?1533 to pass muster1573 to give a good account of (something, often oneself)1601 to hit off1700 to make a job of1736 to make a do of1834 to make a go of it1836 cut1900 1834 W. Jones Mem. R. Hill v. 118 Immediately a bookseller bade for him, promising that if he would turn writer.., they might make a do of it together. 1899 A. H. Japp Cuckoo i. 6 Blackcaps often remain in this country all the winter, managing to ‘make a do of it’, as London working women say, by aid of elderberries. 1902 N.Z. Illustr. Mag. 5 381/1 Your poor, rough, back section. It has been forfeited twice, and you'll never make a do of it. 1910 R. Kipling Rewards & Fairies 149 I don't uphold smuggling for the generality o' mankind—mostly they can't make a do of it. 1945 N.Z. Geographer 1 i. 36 High-country men..take to the back-country because they can make a better ‘do’ of it than on a mixed farm down-country. 1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 91 Another go at making a do of things with his wife. < as lemmas |
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