Made from, made of, made out of, made with

Made from

We often use made from when we talk about how something is manufactured:

Plastic is made from oil.

The earliest canoes were made from tree trunks.

Made of

We use made of when we talk about the basic material or qualities of something. It has a meaning similar to ‘composed of’:

She wore a beautiful necklace made of silver.

A:

What’s this table made of?

B:

It’s oak, American white oak.

A:

It’s lovely.

Made out of

We usually use made out of when we talk about something that has been changed or transformed from one thing into another:

In the 1970s, it was popular to have candle-holders made out of wine bottles.

They were living in tents made out of old plastic sheets.

Made with

We use made with most often to talk about the ingredients of food and drink:

This dish is made with beef, red peppers and herbs.

Is sushi always made with raw fish or do the Japanese use cooked fish too?

(“Made from, made of, made out of, made with” from English Grammar Today © Cambridge University Press.)

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/word-order-and-focus/made-from-made-of-made-out-of-made-with

 

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• 这几个词组的意义比较接近，选用时要注意它们的区别，多谢虔谦列出它们的定义和例句，学习了！ -美的觉醒- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/06/2016 postreply 16:33:26

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