单词 | to make up to |
释义 | > as lemmasto make up to a. To advance in a certain direction; now only in to make up to: to draw near to, approach. Also (occasionally), of the tide: to flow up a river (cf. sense 58). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] goeOE wendOE makeOE aim?a1400 to make one's waya1425 reflect1547 work1566 to make up1596 path1597 sway1600 tend1648 vergea1661 steer1693 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] to come at ——OE ofseche?c1225 approachc1305 proachc1450 coast1531 to make up to1596 accost1597 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > ebb or flow makea1685 sit1751 set1777 to make up1898 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > flow in fulleOE flowc1050 make1840 to make up1898 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. I2v Make vp once more with me the twentith part Of those that liue, are men inow to quaile, The feeble handfull on the aduerse part. View more context for this quotation 1611 T. Heywood Golden Age v. sig. K Let's make vp to his rescue. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. ii. 5 Philip make vp. View more context for this quotation 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour iv. i. sig. H1v Hell, stoppe, their bawling throats; again! make up And cudgell them into jelly. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ev/1 There, I would follow you as a guid to honour, Though all the horrours of the Warre made up To stop my passage. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 38 He espied two Men come tumbling over the Wall,..and they made up a pace to him. View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 114 With Intent to have endeavour'd to make up into the Latitude of fifty or sixty Degrees. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. viii. 110 Impatient to know.., he made up to me immediately. 1855 D. Costello Stories from Screen 87 I saw her make up to the lady I have described. 1898 Daily News 25 Mar. 8/3 There was very little water in the river as the tide was only just beginning to make up. 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden x. 100 ‘Do you think he really likes me?’ ‘He wouldn't come near thee if he didn't... See, he's making up to thee now.’ 1991 Motorboat & Yachting June 105/3 Anyone with a thirst for more knowledge of the remarkable Ijsselmeer project could make up to the south-west from Urk to Lelystad. to make up to b. to make up to: to make advances to (a person); to pay court to; to curry favour with. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] flatter1340 to claw the back ofc1394 to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422 clawc1425 to claw by the sleeve1509 to claw by the backa1542 fawna1568 to make or pay (one's) court to1590 adulate1612 hug1622 sycophant1637 to make up to1701 to whip it in with1702 cultivate1706 incense1708 to wheedle in with1726 to grandfather up1747 slaver1794 toad1802 to play up to ——1809 nut1819 toady1827 bootlick1846 to suck up to1860 lickspittle1886 jolly1890 bum-suck1918 arse-lick1919 to cosy up to1937 brown-nose1948 ass-kiss1951 ass-lick1962 love-bomb1976 1701 J. Collier tr. Mythol. Pict. Cebes in M. Aurelius Conversat. 248 They..make up to them with great Endearingness, and ply them strongly with Compliment and Flattery. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 128 On being let in, the girls of the house flock'd round Charles, whom they knew, and..they were, in their way, making up to him... But the Templar soon check'd their forwardness. 1781 D. Williams tr. Voltaire Dramatic Wks. II. 25 She ogles me still, or I'm mistaken; I'll e'en make up to her. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. i. 4 They made up to don Cæsar or his son at once, without currying my favour as the channel of all good graces. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy ii. 22 Tom's making up to the widow. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 98 Young Bullock..who had been making up to Miss Maria the last two seasons. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae i. 8 I have it by all accounts that Mr. Henry was more made up to from that hour. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 156 He tried to make up to me but I gave him the frozen mit. 1942 ‘S. Smith’ Mother, what is Man? 20 He does not like you, little boy, It's no use making up to him. 1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspirators ii. 61 The secret of James's charm for children... He never talked down—and he never made up—to them. < as lemmas |
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