making n. 1.制作(物),制造(物),生产;一次制造量;发展[发达]过程;成功的原因[手段];组织;〔常 pl.〕原料,材料。 2.〔口语〕 〔pl.〕利益,赚头,所得。 3.〔pl.〕素质,要素。 4.〔pl.〕〔美口〕(自卷自抽的)卷烟材料[纸和烟]。 5. (煤矿中挖出来的)粉煤。 the makings of a good garden 一个美好的花园的条件。 be the making of 成为…的基础,保证…的成功 (His failure has been the making of him. 他的失败成了他成功的原因)。 have the makings of 具有…的素质。 in making 制造中,建设中。 in the making 酝酿中的,在发展过程中的;未完成的。
She sought to make light of the rates . 她企图贬低地方税的作用。
We made light work of the tidying up . 我们做整理工作轻而易举。
newborn calves make light of tigers . 初生之犊不畏虎。
He made light of his injury . 他不在意自己的伤。
Many hands make light work . 众檠易举。
"you are shrewd enough to make light of it," returned the stranger . “你倒很灵巧,把事情说成无关紧要,”陌生人回答说。
Unlike many travellers, bartram makes light of personal discomforts . 巴特兰姆和许多别的旅行家不同,他对于个人的痛苦毫不在意。
There was no way townsend could ignore the significance of what andrew had seen, but he attempted to make light of it . 对安德鲁看到的这一切,汤森特自然无法佯装无事,他力图轻描淡写地遮掩过去。
Made light and high by yeast or other leaven 发酵的用酵母或其它发酵剂使…轻而高
That thing that you have that makes light . where is it 那个会发光的东西在哪里?