| 单词 | in or out of keeping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin or out of keeping (with) c. in or out of keeping (with): in or out of harmony or agreement (with). ΚΠ ?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 59 in School of Arts (ed. 2) In what respect it is out of keeping; that is, what parts are too light, and what too dark. 1806 F. Horner Let. in Life (1849) vii. 175 They were so in keeping with the whole that the prevailing tone was..never interrupted. 1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. xv. 168 To use an artist phrase, nothing could be more in keeping with the day than the reception Miss S. met with. 1830 Blackwood's Mag. 27 310 It is in ‘fine keeping’, as the phrase is. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley iv. 24 His own costume of black coat, leathers and tops, was in perfect keeping. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. v. 14 Such an utterance of Truth would..be out of keeping with our present condition in the flesh. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 26 Indications..in thorough keeping with the view we have taken. < as lemmas |
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