A.make of,make from 通常都用于被动语态,be made of/from 由...制成；be made of 通常表示“在产品中能够看出原材料”；如：Desks are made of wood.be made from 通常表示“在产品中看不出原材料”,如：Paper is made from wood.
make up (1) 编造,虚构
think of a story; imagine something that is not true
[例句]
The student made up an excuse for his being late.
那个学生为他的迟到编造了一个借口.
Their father is good at making up bed time stories.
他们的父亲很擅长睡觉前编些故事讲给他们听.
He asked us each to make up a dialogue.
他让我们每人编一段对话.
(2) 组成,形成
put together,compose
[例句]
Six women and nineteen men make up the committee.
六位妇女和十九位男人组成了这委员会.
They make up one-third of the province's population.
他们占全省人口的三分之一.
Make up sentences with the words given.
用所给的词组成句子.
(3) 调停,和解
end a quarrel
[例句]
The two friends have only just made it up after their quarrel.
这两朋友吵架后刚刚和好.
They had an argument,but they have already made up.
他们有过争执,不过现在他们已和解了.
(4) 化装,打扮
put something on the skin to look more beautiful or different
[例句]
The girl made up her face carefully before going to meet James.
这姑娘在与詹姆斯会面之前,精心地打扮了一番.
It took her more than an hour to make herself up.
她花了一个多小时才打扮好.
She was slightly made up.
她稍稍涂了一点脂粉.
(5) 补偿,弥补
be a compensation for
[例句]
You are responsible for the money and you will have to make up the loss.
这笔款由你负责,如有丢失,你得赔偿.
They made up for their inexperience by careful preparation for each lesson.
他们每课都仔细准备,以此弥补自己经验不足.
make up of:
(1) 由…组成,由…构成
to form as a whole
[例句]
The class is made up of 40 students.
本班由四十人组成.
All substances are made up of atoms.
一切物质都是由原子构成的.
This museum is made up of three parts.
这个博物馆分三个部分.
New England is made up of six states.
新英格兰包括六个州.
make out:
(1) 理解,弄懂
be able to see or understand something that is not clear
[例句]
To this day I still can't make out why they did so.
直到今天我还不理解他们为什么这样做.
He couldn't quite make out what it was all about.
他不大能理解这都是怎么回事.
Can you make out what this means?
I can't make out what he means.
我不理解他的意思.
(2) 难以看见,辩认
see with some difficulty,manage to see
[例句]
They tried to make out the expression on her face.
他们努力想看清她面部的表情.
His handwriting is so bad that I can hardly make it out.
他写得太潦草了,我简直看不清楚.
It was dark,and we could not make out who was coming along the road.
天黑了,我们看不清是谁向我们走来.
They could not make out what the child had drawn.
他们认不出这孩子画的是什么.
make into 制成...
Flour can be made into bread.