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make out

/meɪk aʊt/ 动词

中文: 派遣、亲热

  1. To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque). (transitive) · Cheques may be made out to the Foo Bar Company.
  2. To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. (transitive) · In the distance, I could just make out a shadowy figure.
  3. To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). (US, intransitive) · Oh, you were on a TV game show? How did you make out?
  4. To represent; to make (something) appear to be true. · His version of the story makes me out (to be) the bad guy.
  5. To get along with (someone). (US, intransitive, slang) · Him and I always make out well.
  6. To make an (often temporary) home. (US, intransitive, slang) · I'll make out in this room for the night.
  7. To embrace and kiss passionately. (US, intransitive, slang) · We found a secluded spot where we could make out in private.
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First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第2页 · B2
Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第13页 · B2
Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a minute, trying to make out which were the two sides of it; and as it was perfectly round, she found this a very difficult question.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第35页 · B2
The moment Alice appeared, she was appealed to by all three to settle the question, and they repeated their arguments to her, though, as they all spoke at once, she found it very hard indeed to make out exactly what they said.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第66页 · B2

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