1. control 抑制
You should keep in your bad temper. 你應該控制你的壞脾氣。
Jim was very angry but he kept himself in. 吉姆很氣憤,不過還是忍住了。
2. (make)stay indoors(使)留在室內
It's best to keep in while the temperature is so far below freezing point. 氣溫在零下很多度的時候最好不要外出。
Bad weather has kept the children in for a week. 糟糕的天氣已經使孩子們在家裡呆了一星期。
We were kept in by the rain. 下雨了,我們出不去。
3. continue burning 繼續燃燒
Will the fire keep in till we get back?這火能一直燃燒到我們回來嗎?
The stove will keep in all night if you put enough coal into it. 如果在爐子裡放足夠的煤的話,這爐火可燒一夜。
4. detain after normal school hours (as a punishment,etc. )把(學生)留在學校晚回家(作為懲罰等)
Our teacher was in a bad temper today. She kept us all in for half an hour. 今天老師脾氣不好,她把我們留在學校晚放學半個小時。