中文翻译与英英解释 | vt.
(kept )
1.拿着，保持；保存，保留；保管，把守(门等)；保守(秘密等)。
2.保护，防护，防守。
3.履行；遵守。
4.庆祝，过(节)，过(年)，举行(仪式)。
5.抚养；雇用。
6.饲养。
7.备有，经售。
8.经营，开设，管理。
9.继续沿着…走。
10.整理，料理。
11.记住；记载，记入。
12.挽留，留住；拘留。
13.使…保持着(某种状态)〔用此义时在受词后加补语〕。
14.制止，防止，妨碍；隐瞒。
15.留在(房屋等)内；保持在(座位等)上不动。 keep a stick in one's hand 手里拿着一根棍子。 You may keep the magazine as your own. 你把那本杂志当作自己的东西留下来好啦(不必还)。 The bank keeps money for people. 银行替人保管存款。 keep a fortress [town] against the enemy 防守要塞[城市]抵御敌人。 Who keeps the goal 谁守球门？ keep a promise 守约。 keep the rules 守规则。 keep early hours 早睡早起。 keep late hours 晚睡晚起。 keep a secret 守秘密。 keep one's word 履行诺言；说话算话。 keep one's birthday 做生日，祝寿。 keep Chinese New Year 过春节。 have a wife and family to keep要养家。 keep chickens 养鸡。 keepa motorcar 自备汽车。 Do you keep postcards here 你们这里有明信片吗？ keep a school 办学校。 keep (a) shop 开店。 keep the middle of the road 一直沿着路中间前进。 keep house 管理家务。 keep a fact in mind 心里记住一件事。 keep accounts [books] 记账。 keep a diary 记日记。 What keeps him here, I wonder 我不知道他待在这里干什么？ I won't keep you long. 我不会耽搁你很久。 keep sb. in custody 扣留某人。 keep a razor sharp 使剃刀经常锋利。 Cold bath keeps me in good health. 冷水浴使我健康。 keep the window open 把窗子开着。 keep the tears from one's eyes 忍住眼泪。 He keeps nothing from me. 他什么事都不瞒我。 keep a child away from the fire 让孩子离火远一点。 keep sb. from hurting himself 提防某人受伤。 Illness kept me from coming yesterday. 我昨天因病没有来。 keep one's bed 卧床不起。 keep the house 足不出户。
vi.
1.继续，保持，维持。
2.〔口语〕逗留；住在；呆。
3.〔口语〕(店等)开着，(学校)上课。
4.继续不断〔用此义时常接动词 -ing〕。
5.(食物等)保持不坏。
6.拖，搁。
7.保持某种路线[方向、活动]。
短语和例子
K- dry! 切勿受潮。 K- silent! 别作声，保持肃静。 Where do you keep？ 〔尤指剑桥大学〕你住在哪里？ School keeps till four o'clock. 学校上课到四点钟。 K- smiling. 别悲观，常常笑笑吧。 The baby kept crying all night. 婴儿哭了一夜。 These fish will keep overnight. 这些鱼过夜不会坏。 The matter will keep until tomorrow. 问题拖到明天再讲。 Traffic keeps to the right. 车辆等靠右边走。 keep check on 检查，监督。 keep a firm [tight] hand [rein] on sb. 紧紧地控制某人。 keep at 1. 纠缠 (They kept at me with their appeals for subscriptions. 他们硬要我捐款)。 2. 坚持地做。 keep at it 〔口语〕使劲，加油干。 keep away 不挨近，避开，离开。 keep back 1. 退缩。 2. 隐瞒。 3. 阻止。 4. 留住。 keep bad [good] company 跟坏[好]人交往。 keep dark 保守秘密，不泄密。 keep down 1. 压住；镇压，压服。 2. 【印刷】用小活字排印。 3. 缩减。 4. 保留(食物等)。 5. 一直坐着，一直睡着。 keep from 1. 避开(keep from talking 避而不谈)。 2. 禁止(keep sb. from smoking 禁止某人抽烟)。 3. 隐瞒(keep sth. (back) from sb. 对某人隐瞒某事)。 4. 抑制(He couldn't keep from crying. 他禁不住哭了)。 keep hold of 抓住不放。 keep in 1. 扣留，下课后罚学生留校。 2. 压住，控制。 3. 【印刷】排紧。 4. 让(火)烧着。 5. 闭门不出。 keep in with sb. 与某人友好相处。 keep it up 〔口语〕加紧做；坚持做下去。 keep off 1. 防止，不让接近，避开(敌人等)。 2. 不接近(K- off the grass. (牌告)勿踏草地)。 keep on 1. 穿[戴]着不脱。 2. 继续 (doing) (keep on blowing one's nose 一直在擤鼻子)。 ★ on ... -ing 表示动作的反复。 keep...-ing 表示状态的继续。 keep on at 1. 继续干。 2. 纠缠。 3. 责骂不休。 keep one's bones green 不衰老。 keep one's head 不激动，保持冷静。 keep oneself to oneself 不与人往来，不交际，离群索居。 keep out 1. 把…关在门外，不使入内 (Danger. K- out. 危险。切勿入内)。 2. 阻止，挡住 (keep out sunlight 遮住阳光)。 3. 【印刷】疏排。 4. 不参加，不卷入。 keep out of 置身于…之外(＝ out of sb.'s affair 不过问某人的事)。 keep sb. shady 〔美口〕蒙蔽某人，不让某人了解事实真相。 keep sb. underfoot 控制某人。 keep to 坚持，遵守，不违背(K- to every promise you have made. 一切诺言都必须坚守不渝。 K- to your task till you've finished. 坚持工作，直到做完为止)。 keep sb. advised [conversant, posted] on sth. 使某人了解某事。 keep sb. busy 不让某人闲着。 keep sb. going 1. 用金钱帮助某人。 2. 维持某人生活。 keep sb. going in sth. 供给某人以某物。 keep to oneself 1.vi. 不交际，不与人往来。 2.vt. 保守秘密。 keep under 压住，控制(The firemen managed to keep the fire under. 火势总算被救火员控制住了)。 keep up 1. 支持，维持；保持。 2. 继续，持续；停歇。 3. 不为(病等)所屈，能支持。 4. 【印刷】用大写正体排印。 keep up with [on] 跟上(人、时势等)，不落后 (keep up with the situation 跟上形势)。
n.
1.保持，保养；管理。
2.生活资料，衣食；饲料。
3.【历史】中世纪城堡的最牢固的部分，城堡的高楼；堡垒；要塞，坚固据点。
4.监牢，监狱。
短语和例子
be worth one's keep值得保存[饲养]。 earn one's keep挣生活费。 the castle keep城堡的高楼。 for keeps 〔口语〕 1. 分胜负(play for keeps 有输赢的游戏)。 2. 〔口语〕永远地(settle the controversy for keeps 一劳永逸地解决这一纠纷。 The fight is on for keeps. 斗争永远不断。 You may have the book for keeps. 这本书你拿去好了，不必归还)。 in bad [low] keep 保存得不好。 in good [high] keep 保存得好。
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| a cell in a jail or prison
同义词：hold,
| | the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
同义词：donjon, dungeon,
| | the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
同义词：support, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance,
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| prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
同义词：preserve,
| | stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
同义词：observe, maintain,
| | maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
同义词：maintain,
| | supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There''s little to earn and many to keep"
同义词：sustain, maintain,
| | hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school"
| | retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"
同义词：hold on,
| | look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
| | maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
同义词：maintain,
| | have as a supply; "I always keep batteries in the freezer"; "keep food for a week in the pantry"; "She keeps a sixpack and a week''s worth of supplies in the refrigerator"
| | store or keep customarily; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?"
| | retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
同义词：keep open, hold open, save,
| | allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family''s fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
同义词：retain, continue, keep on,
| | keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
同义词：restrain, keep back, hold back,
| | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
同义词：prevent,
| | behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
同义词：observe, celebrate,
| | conform one''s action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
同义词：observe,
| | supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders"
| | raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees"
| | keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
同义词：maintain, hold,
| | continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
同义词：continue, go on, proceed, go along,
| | maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"
同义词：preserve,
| | fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"
同义词：stay fresh,
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| A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the castle fall to an adversary. |
例句与用法 | 1. | Brooke will go to keep us boys steady .
勃禄克会去管教那些男孩子的。
| | 2. | I must keep to myself, at least for some time .
我暂时还要秘而不宣。
| | 3. | Police kept a close watch on the vagrants .
警察严密监视那些流浪者。
| | 4. | I kept no company, made no visits .
我没有什么应酬，也不去拜访人家。
| | 5. | Keep these things in a separate place .
把这几件东西单放在一个地方。
| | 6. | Wild fruit kept us from dying of starvation .
我们靠着野果才没饿死。
| | 7. | I'm glad you've kept your enamels !
我很高兴，你保留了那些珐琅物品！
| | 8. | Is this the way the lab is usually kept ?
实验室一直都是这个样子吗？
| | 9. | A laboratory must be kept in good order .
实验室里必须保持井井有条。
| | 10. | He could scarcely keep in his indignation .
他几乎不能抑制他的愤怒。
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