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

A small cup that can be filled with a cleansing or medicinal solution, etc and held over the eye to bathe it

A bolt with an eye instead of the normal head, used for lifting on heavy machines, fastening, etc

A small plant of the genus Euphrasia (family Scrophulariaceae) formerly used as a remedy for eye diseases

The same height above ground as the average person's eyes (also (with hyphen) adjective)

A kind of cosmetic used for drawing a line along the edge of the eyelid in order to emphasize the eye

A piece of stiff, usu tinted, transparent material, worn like the peak of a cap to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light

Either of the two recesses in the skull in which the eyeballs are situated, the orbit

(of a discussion, confrontation, diplomacy, etc) at close quarters, dealing with matters very frankly and firmly (also eye to eye)

An interjection used at the start of a bingo game, or of any non-physical contest

make eyes at

To look at in an amorous way, to ogle

mind your eye (slang)

Take care

my eye

An interjection expressing disagreement

naked eye see under naked

one in the eye

A rebuff

open a person's eyes

To make someone see
To show someone something of which he or she is ignorant

pick the eyes out of (Aust informal)

To choose and take the best parts of

pipe one's eye or put a finger in the eye

To weep

private eye see under private

put a person's eye out

To blind someone
To supplant someone in favour

raise an eyebrow

To be mildly surprised, shocked or doubtful

see eye to eye

To think alike (from Bible, Isaiah 52.8, orig meaning see with one's own eyes)

see with half an eye

To see without difficulty

shut one's eyes to

To ignore

throw or make sheep's eyes at

To ogle

turn a blind eye to

To pretend not to see

under the eye of

Under the observation of

up to the eyes, eyeballs or eyebrows

Deeply involved (in)
Extremely busy

with or having an eye to

Considering

make¹ /māk/

transitive verb (mākˈing; māde)

To fashion, frame, construct, compose or form
To create
To bring into being
To produce
To conclude, contract
To bring about
To perform
To force
To cause
To result in
To cause to be
To convert or turn
To appoint
To render
To represent as doing or being
To reckon
To get as result or solution
To occasion
To bring into any state or condition
To establish
(in the navy) to promote
To prepare
To shut (as a door) (Shakespeare)
To shuffle (cards)
To declare as trumps (cards)
To win a trick (cards)
To obtain, gain or earn
To score
To constitute
To amount to
To count for
To turn out
To be capable of turning or developing into or serving as
To arrive in sight of
To reach, succeed in reaching
To accomplish, achieve
To attempt, offer or start
To be occupied with
To do
To cause or assure the success of
To persuade (esp a woman) to have sexual intercourse with one (slang)
To have sexual intercourse with (slang)

intransitive verb

To behave (as if), esp in order to deceive
To proceed
To tend, to result
To contribute
To flow
To versify (archaic)
To be in condition for making
To matter (as it maksna, it does not matter; Scot)

noun

Form or shape
Structure, texture
Build
Formation
Manufacture
Brand
Type
Making
Character or disposition
Quantity made
Establishment of an electric circuit or contact
Trump declaration (cards)

ORIGIN: OE macian; Ger machen

makˈable or makeˈable adjective

mākˈer noun

A person who makes
(with cap) the Creator
(esp in Scots form, makar /makˈ, mäkˈər/) a poet (archaic)
The declarer (bridge)
A jack in cards (obsolete)
A caulker's tool

mākˈing noun

The act of forming (often in combination, as in bread-making, cabinetmaking, etc)
Structure
Form
(in pl) gains
(in pl) materials or qualities from which something can be made
(in pl) materials used to prepare cigarettes, heroin, etc (slang)

makeˈ-and-breakˈ noun

The making and breaking of an electrical circuit
A device which causes this to happen

makeˈbate noun (archaic)

A mischief-maker

makeˈ-believe intransitive verb see make believe below.

noun

Feigning (also makeˈ-belief)

adjective

Feigned

makeˈ-do adjective

Makeshift

makeˈ-or-breakˈ adjective see make or break below.

makeˈover noun

A complete change in the style of a person's dress, appearance, etc, esp one following professional advice
A complete reorganization of a company under new management
An act of refurbishing a property, vehicle, etc

makeˈ-peace noun (Shakespeare)

A peace-maker

makeˈ-ready noun

Preparation of a letterpress sheet for printing, so as to obtain evenness of impression

makeˈshift noun

A temporary expedient or substitute

adjective

Of the nature of or characterized by a temporary expedient

makeˈunder noun (:informal)

A complete change of dress, appearance, etc to make a person seem less glamorous

makeˈ-up noun (also without hyphen)

The way anything is arranged, composed, or constituted, or the ingredients in its constitution
One's character, temperament, or mental qualities
Cosmetics for self-beautification, worn esp by women, and by actors as an aid to impersonation
The effect produced thereby
The arrangement of composed types into columns or pages (printing)

makeˈ-weight noun

Something which is thrown into a scale to make up the weight
A person or thing of little value added to compensate for a deficiency

be the making of

To ensure the success of

have the makings of

To have all the necessary ability and inclination to become

in the making

In the process of being formed, developed, etc, or of becoming

make account of see under account

make a face

To grimace, contort the features

make a figure

To be conspicuous

make a fool of see under fool¹

make after

To follow or pursue

make against

To militate or tell against

make a (good) meal, dinner, etc

To dine, etc (plentifully or heartily)

make allowances for see under allow

make a meal of see under meal¹

make amends

To render compensation or satisfaction

make an ass of oneself

To behave like a fool

make a night (or day) of it

To extend an, esp enjoyable, activity through the whole night (or day)

make as if or (N American) make like or as though

To act as if, to pretend that

make at

To make a hostile movement against

make away (with)

To put out of the way, get rid of, destroy, kill (see also make off or away with below)

make believe

To pretend, feign
To play at believing

make bold see under bold

make certain (of)

To find out
To put beyond doubt
To secure

make do (with)

To manage (with the usu inferior or inadequate means available)

make down

To refashion so as to fit a smaller person
To turn down the sheets and blankets of (Scot)

make eyes at see under eye¹

make for

To set out for, seek to reach
To favour

make free with see under free

make friends

To become friendly
To acquire friends

make good, make light of, make little of, make love to, make merry see under good, etc.

make head or tail of

To find any sense in

make it

To reach an objective
To succeed in a purpose
To become a success (informal)
To have one's way sexually (with) (slang)

make much of

To treat with fondness, to cherish, to foster
To turn to great account
To find much sense in, succeed in understanding

make no doubt

To have no doubt, to be confident

make nothing of

To regard as being of little importance
To have no hesitation or difficulty in (doing)
To be totally unable to understand

make of

To construct from (as material)
To understand by
To make much of, to pet (obsolete and Scot)
To esteem (obsolete)

make off

To decamp

make off or away with

To run away with

make on (Shakespeare)

To make much of

make one's way

To proceed
To succeed

make or break or make or mar

To be the crucial test that brings success or failure to (makeˈ-or-breakˈ adjective)

make or meddle with

To have to do with, interfere with

make out

To descry, to see
To discern
To decipher
To comprehend, understand
To prove
To seek to make it appear
To draw up
To achieve (obsolete)
To fill up
To make do, get along somehow
To succeed
To engage in lovemaking (with) (chiefly N American; slang)

make over

To remake or reconstruct
To make a complete change in a person's style of dress, appearance, etc
To transfer (makeˈover noun)

make sail

To increase the quantity of sail
To set sail

make someone's day see under day

make sure (of)

To ascertain
To put beyond doubt or risk
To secure
To feel certain
To betroth (obsolete)

make the best of

To turn to the best advantage
To take in the best spirit

make the most of

To use to the best advantage

make up

To fabricate
To feign
To collect
To put together
To parcel
To put into shape
To arrange
To settle (an argument)
To become friends again (after a quarrel, etc)
To constitute
To repair
To complete, supplement
To adjust one's appearance (as an actor for a part)
To apply cosmetics to the face
To put type, etc into columns and pages
To set out and balance (accounts)
To make good
To compensate
To decide (Shakespeare)

make up one's mind

To come to a decision

make up to

To make friendly, adulatory, or amorous approaches to
To compensate

make way see under way¹

make with (informal; orig N American)

To start using, doing, etc (something), to bring on or into operation

meet one's maker

To meet God, to die

of one's own making

Entirely the result of one's own decisions and actions

on the make (informal)

Bent on self-advancement or promotion, or on finding a sexual partner

put the make on (slang)

To make sexual advances to

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make1 /māk/

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make¹ /māk/