【making音标】 英[ˈmeɪkɪŋ] 美[ˈmeɪkɪŋ]
【单词释义】 making是什么意思：
n.制造；制作；生产；原料，材料
v.“make”的现在分词
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] makings
【单词例句】
◇ So the wolf went to a shopkeeper and bought himself a large piece of chalk, which he ate, making his voice soft.
于是，狼跑到杂货商那里，买了一大块白垩土，吃了下去，结果嗓子变细了。
---- The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
◇ Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary.
制造一台有效率的冰箱不像我们想象的那么简单。 19世纪早期，关于对冷藏科学至关重要的热物理知识是很浅陋的。
---- The Origin of Refrigerators
◇ I watched their process of decision making,both prayerful in the face of death. My mother wanting to live,wanting to try,the churning and turning until there was peace.
母亲要拼搏，渴望活下去。父亲踌躇不决，思前想后，翻来覆去，直到内心平静。我目睹了他们做决定的始末以及他们面对死亡的祈祷。
---- To Love Enough
◇ "This seemed like a huge waste. Straws are made of oil, a precious and finite resource. Is making single-use plastic straws, which will be used for a matter of minutes before being tossed away, really what we want to do with this resource?"
“这看起来是一个巨大的浪费。塑料吸管是用石油制成的，而石油是一种宝贵的有限资源。用石油生产才用几分钟就丢掉的一次性吸管，我们真的想这么利用资源吗？”
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ Historians contend that the group represented the father, son, and Holy Ghost when placed together, while the "ring" finger signified earthly love, making it the perfect location for a spouse's wedding ring.
历史学家指出，这三个手指相连代表着父、子和圣灵相连，而无名指象征着俗世的爱，于是便成了已婚者戴结婚戒指的完美位置。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ In 2007, University of Florida zoologist Kent Vliet actually proved that the animals do sob while snacking. But because crocodiles eat while in the water—making a study of their meal-time tears difficult—he studied their close relatives, caimans and alligators, who might dine on dry land.
2007年，佛罗里达大学的动物学家肯特·弗利特证明了动物在进食的时候确实会哭泣。但因为鳄鱼是在水中进食的，研究它们进食期间是否会落泪比较困难，所以弗利特就研究了鳄鱼的近亲凯门鳄和短吻鳄，它们会在旱地上进食。
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ New Zealanders work an average of 1,752 hours a year, making them close to average compared with their OECD peers. Germans spend the least amount of time working annually, closely followed by Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, while Mexicans, Koreans and Costa Ricans clock the most.
新西兰人每年平均工作1752个小时，接近经济合作与发展组织其他成员国的平均水平。德国人每年的平均工作时间是最短的，其次是丹麦人、挪威人和荷兰人，而墨西哥人、韩国人和哥斯达黎加人的工作时间是最长的。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ A pimple is like a little bag under the skin that contains oil, bacteria, and inflammation. Squeezing it can result in these contents being pushed into surrounding skin, making the problem worse. It can also lead to infection and temporary darkening of the skin in that area.
一颗痘痘就像皮下含有油脂、细菌和炎症的小袋子。挤痘痘会导致这些内容物被挤进周边的皮肤，让问题恶化。它还可能导致感染和该区域皮肤暂时性暗沉。
---- Should we be popping pimples?
◇ As Arianna Huffington discusses in her sleep manifesto, "The Sleep Revolution," a good night's sleep has the power to increase productivity and happiness, lead to smarter decision-making, and unlock bigger ideas.
正如阿里安娜-赫芬顿在她的睡眠宣言《睡眠革命》书中所说，“晚上睡个好觉能提升工作效率，增加幸福感，让你做出更明智的决策，想出更好的点子。”
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ "There was no warning sign. Suddenly, the windshield just cracked and made a loud bang. The next thing I know, my co-pilot had been sucked halfway out of the window," Liu Chuanjian told Chengdu Economic Daily after making an emergency landing.
“没有任何征兆，轰的一声，挡风玻璃突然爆裂，”该趟航班机长刘传建在备降后接受《成都商报》记者采访时称，“紧接着我发现，副驾（身体）已经飞出去一半，半边身体在窗外悬挂。”