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英漢字典: keep


KK 音標
〔 kip 〕
國際音標
〔 kiːp 〕


keep

[基本字彙]

【動詞】

kept, keep.ing, keeps

【及物動詞】

1 據有, 擁有, 佔有

kept the change 保管零錢

must keep your equanimity 務必保持冷靜

2 儲存

keep a cord of wood in the shed 將一堆木材儲存在庫房裡

3 扶養, 贍養

"There is little to earn and many to keep." (Charles Kingsley)賺的錢少, 要養的人多

4 放置; 貯藏

Where do you keep your saw? 你把鋸子放在那裡?

5 a. 收留

keep boarders 收留寄宿 (膳) 者

b. 飼養; 扶養

keep chickens 養雞

6 備有

a city dweller who didn't keep a car 沒有汽車的城市居民

7 管理; 照料; 負責

Keep the shop while I'm away. 我不在時, 要好好經營商店

8 保存 (食物)

9 維持

attempted to keep the patient calm 企圖讓病人保持安靜

10 a. 記載, 記入

keep a yearly diary 記載年紀

b. 將資料記入書內

keep financial records 記載財務記錄

11 a. 留住, 拘留, 挽留

was kept after school 放學後留校

b. 禁止, 制止, 防止

kept the child away from the hot stove 防止孩童接近熱爐

keep the crowd back with barriers 以柵欄阻擋群眾

c. 預防, 阻止

tried to keep the ice from melting 防止冰溶化

d. 防止洩露

keep a secret 保密

e. 貯存, 保留

keep extra money for emergencies 存些額外的錢以備不時之需

12 持續

keep late hours 持續數小時

13 堅持, 實踐, 履行

keep one's word 說話算數, 履行諾言

keep a busy schedule 忙碌不清閒

14 慶祝, 過節; 遵守

【不及物動詞】

1 維持一種狀態或情況

如: 保持成直線或行

keep in line 排成行

keep quiet 保持安靜

kept well 保存良好

2 繼續做…事

keep on talking 繼續說

keep guessing 繼續猜

3 仍新鮮; 未受損

The dessert won't keep. 甜點不易保持新鮮

【名詞】

1 照顧; 職責

The child is in my keep for the day. 這個孩子白天由我照顧

2 維生的方法

earn one's keep 掙生活費

3 a. 堡壘; 要塞; 堅固的據點

b. 監牢, 監獄

keep at

堅持做…

keep down

壓住, 鎮壓, 壓服

keep down prices 壓制價格

keep the revolutionaries down 鎮壓革命份子

keep off

防止, 避開, 不讓接近; 遠離

keep to

堅持, 遵守, 不違背

keep to the original purpose 堅持原有的目標

keep up

維持, 保持

1 保持良好狀況

kept up the property 保有財產

2 堅持; 繼續

We asked her to stop talking, but she kept up.我們請她不要說話, 但是她卻繼續說

3 並行; 齊頭並進

4 不落後, 趕得上 (表現)

【慣用語】

for keeps

1 長期, 永久地

gave the ring to me for keeps 把戒指永遠給我了

2 認真而且永遠地

We're separating for keeps. 我們當真要分開了

keep an eye out

照應, 注意

keep company

持續在戀愛階段

a couple who kept company but never married一對保持情侶關係但不結婚的男女

keep (one's) chin up

精神始終昂揚, 不灰心, 不洩氣

keep (one's) eyes open [peeled]

注意, 警戒, 時刻留意

keep (one's) nose clean

擺脫; 不涉入麻煩

keep pace

跟上, 與他人並駕齊驅

keep (someone) company

陪伴某人

keep time

計時;『音樂』打拍子

keep to (oneself)

1 不與人交往

She kept to herself all morning. 她整個早上一個人獨處

2 避免洩露

He kept the news to himself. 他保守秘密

[中古英文 kepen, 古英文: cepan (注視, 觀察)]

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