| 单词 | to make down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make down to make down 1. transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To fold down the sheets, etc., on (a bed) so as to make it ready for use. ΚΠ 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 272 We'se mak ye down a bed at the lodge. 1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales I. 189 Betty, my dear, make down the bed. 1937 St. Andrews Citizen 16 Oct. 9 The beds were being made down. 1950 J. Brooke Goose Cathedral viii. 170 I arrived about nine o'clock, to find that Ron Eley, thinking I might come in after lights-out, had made my bed down for me. 2. transitive. colloquial. To refashion (clothing) so as to fit a smaller wearer. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > alter to turn upa1586 tuck1626 to let out1791 fashionize1824 to piece down1863 to make down1877 to let down1890 to take up1902 1877 ‘S. Tytler’ Childhood 100 Years Ago i. 19 Old clothes of their seniors carefully kept and ‘made down’ for their descendants. 1904 N.E.D. at Make v.1 The eldest girl's frocks can be made down for her sisters. < as lemmas |
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