make up意思是合成,構成。比如make up an prescription 組成（醫生的）處方。
make up其他意思補充 如下：
1、構成，組成；形成；占：
The committee is made up of six women.
委員會由六位婦女組成。
This made up 15%of their total income.
這是他們總收入的百分之十五。
2. 編造，捏造；即席做(詩)，虛構：
I couldn't remember the fairy story I wanted to tell her, so I made one up as I went along.
我想不起我要給她講的那個神話故事，於是我壹邊走壹邊編了壹個。
It's not true. She made it up.
這不是真實的情況，是她編造出來的。
3. 和解；言歸於好：
She is coming to make up with you.
她是來與妳和解的。
He and his wife usually make up their quarrel the same day.
他和妻子吵架通常當天就言歸於好。
4. 賠償金錢損失；彌補，補償，補充：
His intelligence made up for his lack of personal charm.
他的智慧彌補了他的容貌缺陷。
They'll do all they can to make up the economic losses.
他們要盡壹切力量彌補這些經濟損失。
5. 補考；補上(功課)；補修；趕上：
She soon made up the lessons she had missed.
她很快就把缺的課補上了。
Jim has three courses to make up before he can get his degree.
吉姆要先補上三門課程才能獲得學位。
6. 打扮；化妝；化裝；塗脂抹粉：
She made up for the part of an old woman.
她化裝扮演壹個老婦人。
Mary was slightly made up.
瑪麗稍稍塗了壹點脂粉。