| 单词 | to earn one's keep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto earn one's keep c. The food required to keep a person or animal; provender, pasture; maintenance, support. Frequently in to earn one's keep (also figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] meateOE eatOE foodOE fodderOE dietc1230 gista1290 victual1303 victualsa1375 preya1382 feedinga1398 pasturea1398 viancea1400 viandsc1400 livingc1405 meatingc1425 vitalyc1440 vianda1450 cates1461 vivers1536 viandry1542 viander1543 gut-matter1549 peck1567 belly-cheer1579 appast1580 manchet1583 chat1584 belly-metal1590 repasture1598 cibaries1599 belly-timber1607 belly-cheat1608 peckage1610 victuallage1622 keeping1644 vivresa1650 crib1652 prog1655 grub1659 beef1661 fooding1663 teething1673 eatablea1687 sunket1686 yam1788 chow-chow1795 keep1801 feed1818 grubbing1819 patter1824 ninyam1826 nyam1828 grubbery1831 tack1834 kai1845 mungaree1846 scoff1846 foodstuff1847 chuck1850 muckamuck1852 tuck1857 tucker1858 hash1865 nosh1873 jock1879 cake flour1881 chow1886 nosebag1888 stodge1890 food aid1900 tackle1900 munga1907 scarf1932 grubber1959 the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood substancec1384 maintenance1389 sustenance1389 sustentation1389 sustaining1395 findingc1400 uphold1439 retainment1449 exhibition?a1475 entertainment?c1475 upholdingc1480 entertaininga1492 sustenation1496 support1561 alimentation1590 alimony1622 enablement1626 subsisting1698 keep1801 life support1852 palimony1977 1801 J. Austen Let. 3 Jan. (1995) 67 The keep of two will be more than of one. 1815 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey through France (ed. 3) 21 M. Tessier hires the whole of the keep of this flock. He pays £62. 10s. sterling to the farmer for the sheep pasture... He buys Lucerne hay for four winter months..making the expense of keep £142. 10s. sterling. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) I am short of keep for my cows. 1829 R. Southey Pilgrim to Compostella iv, in All for Love 177 The Corporation A fund for their keep supplied. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 139 You're so darned lazy, I don't think you're hardly wuth your keep. 1937 R. Macaulay I would be Private i. xv. 137 Now he can just earn his keep digging treasure on those cays. 1963 A. Ross Australia 63 iv. 99 The four Test stars..whose appearance cost the Tasmanian authorities £A300, again individually and in bulk failed to earn their keep. 1971 Country Life 4 Nov. 1237/2 Under favourable growing conditions this will provide late autumn keep, really valuable spring feed, or both. 1972 Accountant 19 Oct. 497/3 ‘All assets must earn their keep,’ declared Mr Shaw. < as lemmas |
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