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词组 make out
释义 make out
  1. make out sthmake 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 sthmake 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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