| 词组 | make out |
| 释义 | make out 1. make out sth • make sth out not passive if you can make something out, you can see or hear it, but with difficulty: ▪ In the semi-darkness, Delaney could just make out the Russian's face. not be able to make sth out (=not be able to see or hear something clearly) ▪ The words were in small print and I couldn't quite make them out. ▪ Maurice could hear voices in the kitchen below, but he couldn't make out what was being said. 2. make out sth • make sth out not passive, usually negative if you can make something out, you can understand it although it is difficult to understand: ▪ Nobody could make out exactly what Murphy was trying to say. ▪ I can't make out why she did that, can you? from what sb can make out ... (=according to what someone understands about a situation, although it may not be correct) ▪ From what I can make out, the girl ran straight into the road, without stopping to look. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑work out especially BrE, ↑figure out 3. make sth/sb out to be sth to describe something or someone, usually wrongly, as a particular type of thing or person, because you want people to believe that it is true: ▪ He was a good man, but the press made him out to be weak and unimportant. ▪ So what about fox-hunting? Is it really the bloody sport that it's made out to be? 4. make out (that) especially BrE to try to make people believe that something is true when it is not: ▪ Don't you make out I'm a liar, Eric, or I'll knock you down! ▪ When Mum came in I was still feeling really annoyed so I made out that I was watching TV. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pretend 5. make out a cheque/bill etc to write the necessary information on a cheque, bill etc: ▪ We sat down to wait while the receptionist made out our bill. ▪ I mailed a check for $30.80, made out to Lakewood Country Club. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑write out 6. can't make sb out if you can't make someone out, you cannot understand what kind of person they are, or why they behave as they do: ▪ Dorothy's such a quiet reserved person. I've never been able to make her out at all. ■ SIMILAR TO: can't figure sb out, can't work sb out BrE 7. make out AmE informal to kiss and touch someone in a sexual way: ▪ A couple of teenagers were making out in the back of the movie theater. ■ SIMILAR TO: snog BrE informal 8. how did you make out? spoken used to ask if someone was successful: ▪ How did you make out in the race yesterday? |
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