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[动]
（制造） make; manufacture; produce
make shoes
做鞋
make clothes
做衣服
manufacture sugar with beets
用甜菜做糖
Everything there is made of bamboo.
那里什么都是竹子做的。
（写作） write; compose
compose a poem
做诗
write literary works
做文章
（从事某种工作或活动） do; work at; engage in
do business; carry on trade
做生意
labour; do hard manual work
做苦力
be unable to do big jobs and look down on small ones
大事做不来， 小事又不做
You have done a good thing [action].
你们做了一件好事。
She is working at a difficult problem in mathematics.
她在做一道数学难题。
We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.
我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业。
I don't think he acted quite right.
我看他做得不太对。
（举行家庭的庆祝或纪念活动） hold a family [home] celebration; celebrate
hold a birthday party; celebrate sb.'s birthday
做生日
（充当； 担任） be; become; act as
become an actor or actress; go on the stage
做演员
act as interpreter
做翻译
Be a pupil before you become a teacher.
先做学生， 后做先生。
（用做） be used as
Bark may be used as raw material for paper-making.
树皮可以做造纸的原料。
This piece of cloth can be used to make a pair of pillow cases.
这块布可以做一对枕套。
（结成关系） form or contract a relationship
(of two families) become relatives by marriage
做亲
make friends with
做朋友
become opponent and foe
做冤家对头
（烹调） cook; prepare
do the cooking; prepare a meal
做饭
She was skilled in preparing tasty dishes.
她很会做菜。