• vt. 使得；進行；布置，準備，整理；制造；認為；獲得；形成；安排；引起；構成
• vi. 開始；前進；增大；被制造
• n. 制造；構造；性情
• n. (Make)人名；(塞、南非)馬克

來自古英語macian,制造，形成，安排，來自PIE*mag,捏，揉，形成，詞源同match,massage.最早可能是來自人類始祖捏泥土以建房，后引申多種詞義。

make

make: [OE] Make probably goes back ultimately to an Indo-European base *mag- denoting ‘kneading’ (also the source of Greek mágma ‘salve made by kneading’, from which English gets magma [15]). A prehistoric Germanic descendant was *mako- (source of English match ‘go together’). From this was derived the West Germanic verb *makōjan, which over the centuries differentiated into German machen, Dutch maken, and English make. Make was not a particularly common verb in Old English (gewyrcan, ancestor of modern English work, was the most usual way of expressing the notion ‘make’), but in the Middle English period its use proliferated.
=> magma, match

make (v.)

Old English macian "to make, form, construct, do; prepare, arrange, cause; behave, fare, transform," from West Germanic *makon "to fashion, fit" (cognates: Old Saxon makon, Old Frisian makia "to build, make," Middle Dutch and Dutch maken, Old High German mahhon "to construct, make," German machen "to make"), from PIE *mag- "to knead, mix; to fashion, fit" (see macerate). If so, sense evolution perhaps is via prehistoric houses built of mud. Gradually replaced the main Old English word, gewyrcan (see work (v.)).

Meaning "to arrive at" (a place), first attested 1620s, originally was nautical. Formerly used in many places where specific verbs now are used, such as to make Latin (c. 1500) "to write Latin compositions." This broader usage survives in some phrases, such as to make water "to urinate," to make a book "arrange a series of bets" (1828), make hay "to turn over mown grass to expose it to sun." Make the grade is 1912, perhaps from the notion of railway engines going up an incline.

Read the valuable suggestions in Dr. C.V. Mosby's book -- be prepared to surmount obstacles before you encounter them -- equipped with the power to "make the grade" in life's climb. [advertisement for "Making the Grade," December 1916]

But the phrase also was in use in a schoolwork context at the time. Make do "manage with what is available" is attested from 1867. Make time "go fast" is 1849; make tracks in this sense is from 1834. To make a federal case out of (something) popularized in 1959 movie "Anatomy of a Murder;" to make an offer (one) can't refuse is from Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather." To make (one's) day is from 1909; menacing make my day is from 1971, popularized by Clint Eastwood in film "Sudden Impact" (1983). Related: Made; making.

make (n.)

"match, mate, companion" (now archaic or dialectal), from Old English gemaca "mate, equal; one of a pair, comrade; consort, husband, wife," from Proto-Germanic *gamakon-, related to Old English gem?cc "well-matched, suitable," macian "to make" (see make (v.)). Meaning "manner in which something is made, design, construction" is from c. 1300. Phrase on the make "intent on profit or advancement" is from 1869.

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

我們活著是為了什么？不就是給鄰居當笑柄，再反過來笑他們。

來自《傲慢與偏見》

2. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.

有時候要到達谷底，才會慢慢變好。

來自金山詞霸 每日一句

3. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

人生就應該是快樂的，要抓住每一天，孩子們，讓你們的生活變得非凡起來。

來自電影《死亡詩社》

4. These large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.

這些大機構總是隨意制定規定，而且說變就變。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Does this dress make my legs look too stumpy?

這條裙子會使我的腿看上去又短又粗嗎？

來自柯林斯例句