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

(INVENT)

B2 to invent something, such as an excuse or a story, often in order to deceive:

I made up an excuse about having to look after the kids.

My dad was always really good at making up stories.

More examples

They made up an excuse not to go to the meeting.
She told us stories about her family, but they were all made up.
There was no fire - he made it all up.
If you can't think what to write, just make something up.
I made up a few words about his role in the company.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Lies, lying & hypocrisy

artifice
bad faith
be a pack of lies idiom
canard
charade
cobbler
flimflam
forked tongue
half-truth
hogwash
humbug
lie
perjury
polygraph
pork pie
porky
post-factual
post-truth
stretch the truth idiom
venal

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(PREPARE)

to prepare or arrange something by putting different things together:

Could you make up a list of all the things that need to be done?

He asked the man behind the counter to make up a box with a selection of chocolates.

The maid will make up your room later.

specialized fabrics to produce or prepare something from cloth:

We could use the rest of the material to make up some curtains.

specialized publishing If you make up a page, book, or newspaper, you arrange the text and pictures in the form in which they will be printed.

If you make up a bed for someone, you put sheets and covers on a bed so that they have a place to sleep in your home.

UK If you make up a fire, you prepare it or put more wood or coal on it when it is burning.

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Preparing

batten
batten down the hatches idiom
break sb in
build-up
calibrate
draw
gear
gird
gird yourself idiom
groundwork
homework
lay the basis/foundations for sth idiom
preparation
roll
set the scene/stage idiom
steel
suit
suit up
work (yourself) up to sth
work your way around to sth idiom

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Creating and producing

Publishing: printing & word processing

Starting fires

(COMPLETE)

to make an amount of something complete or correct:

I have £20,000 and I need £25,000 but my parents have promised to make up the difference.

UK I suspect we were only invited to make up numbers (= to provide enough people).

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Filling and completing

brick
brick up sth
brim
crowd
crowd sb/sth out
fill
jam
occupancy
occupy
overcrowded
overran
overrun
plug
round
suffuse
supersaturated
tank
tank up
top sb up
top sth up

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(REPLACE)

to reduce or replace something, usually an amount of time or work, that has been lost:

We're hoping to make up time on the return journey by not stopping at night.

You'll have to make up the work you missed while you were away.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Filling and completing

brick
brick up sth
brim
crowd
crowd sb/sth out
fill
jam
occupancy
occupy
overcrowded
overran
overrun
plug
round
suffuse
supersaturated
tank
tank up
top sb up
top sth up

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单词	make sth up
释义	Contents phrasal verb(4) make sth up (INVENT) make sth up (PREPARE) make sth up (COMPLETE) make sth up (REPLACE) English make sth up — phrasal verb with make uk/meɪk/us/meɪk/verb made, made (INVENT) B2 to invent something, such as an excuse or a story, often in order to deceive: I made up an excuse about having to look after the kids. My dad was always really good at making up stories. More examples They made up an excuse not to go to the meeting. She told us stories about her family, but they were all made up. There was no fire - he made it all up. If you can't think what to write, just make something up. I made up a few words about his role in the company. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Lies, lying & hypocrisy artifice bad faith be a pack of lies idiom canard charade cobbler flimflam forked tongue half-truth hogwash humbug lie perjury polygraph pork pie porky post-factual post-truth stretch the truth idiom venal See more results » (PREPARE) to prepare or arrange something by putting different things together: Could you make up a list of all the things that need to be done? He asked the man behind the counter to make up a box with a selection of chocolates. The maid will make up your room later. specialized fabrics to produce or prepare something from cloth: We could use the rest of the material to make up some curtains. specialized publishing If you make up a page, book, or newspaper, you arrange the text and pictures in the form in which they will be printed. If you make up a bed for someone, you put sheets and covers on a bed so that they have a place to sleep in your home. UK If you make up a fire, you prepare it or put more wood or coal on it when it is burning. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Preparing batten batten down the hatches idiom break sb in build-up calibrate draw gear gird *gird yourself* idiom groundwork homework lay the basis/foundations for sth idiom preparation roll set the scene/stage idiom steel suit suit up work (yourself) up to sth work your way around to sth idiom See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Creating and producing Publishing: printing & word processing Starting fires (COMPLETE) to make an amount of something complete or correct: I have £20,000 and I need £25,000 but my parents have promised to make up the difference. UK I suspect we were only invited to make up numbers (= to provide enough people). Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Filling and completing brick brick up sth brim crowd *crowd sb/sth* out fill jam occupancy occupy overcrowded overran overrun plug round suffuse supersaturated tank tank up top sb up top sth up See more results » (REPLACE) to reduce or replace something, usually an amount of time or work, that has been lost: We're hoping to make up time on the return journey by not stopping at night. You'll have to make up the work you missed while you were away. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Filling and completing brick** brick up sth brim crowd *crowd sb/sth* out fill jam occupancy occupy overcrowded overran overrun plug round suffuse supersaturated tank tank up top sb up top sth up See more results »**
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