英语词汇“do for”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词

do for

释义

do¹ /doo or də/

transitive verb (2nd sing (archaic) doˈest or dost /dust/, 3rd sing does /duz/, also (archaic) doˈeth or doth /duth/; pat did; prp doˈing; pap done /dun/; in Spenser, infinitive doen, done, and donne, 3rd pl pat doen)

To accomplish, complete
To finish
To exhaust
To work at
To perform work upon
To put in some condition, eg to clean, to tidy
To render
To confer
To bestow
To provide
To perform
(of a vehicle) to (have the power to) travel at a (maximum) speed of
To beat up, thrash, assault (informal)
To prepare, set in order, arrange
To cook
To cheat, or overreach (informal)
To prosecute (informal)
To raid, rob (slang)
To treat
To make the round of, see the sights of (informal)
To spend (a period of time) in prison
To take or use (a drug) (slang)
To mimic, impersonate
To have sexual intercourse with (slang)
To put, place (obsolete)
To cause (obsolete)

intransitive verb

To act, be active
To behave
To fare
To thrive
To suffice
To be just good enough
To serve (with for)
To arrange, devise or effect in respect of something or someone (with with)

—Do serves as a substitute for a verb that has just been used. It is used as an auxiliary verb (where there is no other auxiliary) with an infinitive in negative, interrogative, emphatic, and rhetorically inverted sentences, in some dialects merely periphrastically, and in verse sometimes to gain a syllable or postpone the accent; but these uses are limited with the verbs have and do

noun (pl do's or dos)

Activity (obsolete)
A party, feast or celebration
A hairdo (informal)
A swindle, hoax (slang)
What one has to do (obsolete)
Fuss (archaic)

ORIGIN: OE dōn, dyde, gedōn; Du doen, Ger tun; connected with Gr tithenai to put, place

doˈable adjective (informal)

Able to be done

doˈer noun

A person who does, or habitually does, anything
An agent
A busy, active or energetic person
A person who prefers taking action, or practical steps, to contemplation and discussion
A healthy farm animal (NZ)
A horse in respect of its appetite, as in a good doer (horse-racing)

doˈing adjective

Active (as in up and doing)

noun (informal)

A scolding
Thrashing
Severe treatment
The agency or handiwork of someone seen as instrumental in something
(in pl) activities, behaviour
(in pl) working parts or pieces of equipment
(in pl) fancy dishes or adjuncts
(in pl) what's-its-name

done transitive verb and intransitive verb (Spenser)

Infinitive of do

adjective

Pap of do
Utterly exhausted (now usu done in)
Finished, completed
Cooked to a degree suitable for eating
(of behaviour, etc) socially acceptable

interjection

(used in clinching a bargain, etc) agreed

doneˈness noun (cookery)

The state of being, or degree to which something is, cooked

doˈ-all noun

A factotum

doˈ-goodˈer noun

A slighting name for someone who tries to benefit others by social reforms, etc, implying that his or her efforts are unwelcome, self-righteous or ineffectual

doˈ-goodˈery noun (derogatory).

doˈ-goodˈing noun and adjective

doˈ-goodˈism noun (derogatory).

do-it-yourselfˈ adjective

Designed to be built or constructed, etc by an amateur rather than by someone specially trained (also noun)

do-it-yourselfˈer noun

doˈ-naught, doˈ-nought or doˈ-nothˈing noun

A lazy or idle person
A fainéant (see donnot)

doˈ-nothˈingism noun

doˈ-nothˈingness noun

all done

Completely finished, used up

be done

To be at an end
To have done or finished (Scot)

be or have done with

To finish with, end contact or dealings with

do away with

To abolish, destroy

do brown see under brown

do by

To act towards

do down

To belittle
To put down, subdue (obsolete)
To cheat, get the better of (informal)

do for

To suit
To provide for
To ruin
To kill (informal)
To do domestic work for (informal)

do in (informal)

To deceive, to get the better of
To exhaust
To ruin
To murder

do or die

To make a final desperate attempt to do or achieve something, no matter what the cost or consequences (doˈ-or-dieˈ adjective)

do out (informal)

To clean (a room, etc) thoroughly

do out of (informal)

To deprive of by cheating

do over

To do again, repeat (N American)
To cover over, eg with paint
To rob (slang)
To beat up (slang)

do's and don'ts

Advice or rules for action, esp in particular circumstances

do someone proud (informal)

To make someone feel flattered
To treat lavishly

do something, etc for

To improve, enhance

do to death

To murder
To repeat too often

do up

To fasten up
To put up, make tidy, arrange, tie up
To redecorate
To apply cosmetics to
To dress, array oneself becomingly
To fatigue utterly

do well

To be justified
To be wise or sensible to take a particular step
To prosper

do with

To make use of
To benefit from
To meddle with
To get on with

do without

Not to be dependent on, to dispense with

have done

To desist
To stop it
To have no more dealings

have to do with

To have any sort of connection with

have you done? (informal)

Are you finished?

how do you do?

A conventional phrase used as a greeting

I, etc can't be doing with

I, etc can't abide, have no patience with

make do see under make¹

nothing doing

No

that's done it (informal)

It is completed
An interjection expressing dismay that something is spoiled or ruined

to do with

Concerning

what are you, etc doing with (something)?

Why have you, etc got (something)?

what's to do?

What is the matter?

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