| 单词 | to keep good |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep good f. Of food, medicine, etc.: fit for consumption or use; spec. not stale, contaminated, or rotten. Frequently in to keep good: to keep fresh.Examples from earlier texts relating to the preparation of food or medicines (e.g. quots. eOE2 at sense A. 1b(a), c1450 at sense A. 1b(a)) may possibly be this sense. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] fresheOE soundc1290 uncorruptc1384 incorrupt1387 faira1400 recent?a1425 inconsumed1530 uncorruptedc1540 good1558 incorruptedc1593 square1628 undecayed1632 uncorroded1685 untarnished1732 unspoiled1733 unfailed1749 unwasted1758 firm1776 unspoilt1796 undegenerate1854 undeteriorated1856 unvitiated1864 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount iv. f. 76 The saied composition will bee good for fyue or syxe monethes or moore: and you maye renewe it at your pleasure. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 49 How Meat and Drink may be kept good in very Cold Countries. 1689 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. §46 He also bart'red away Plumbs, that would have rotted in a Week, for Nuts that would last good for his eating a whole Year. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 117 Let your Butter be good, they will keep a long time. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Tracing These traces of [Indian] corn they hang up within doors,..and they will..keep good the whole winter. 1870 Cassell's Househ. Guide I. 336/2 If the meat is good the knife will come out clean and smell sweet; but if bad the knife will be discoloured, and smell rank. 1918 Bull. Pharmacy Nov. 41/2 (advt.) Write for full description—see how these cases are built, how they keep good cigars good. 2001 C. Bloom Cookies for Dummies iii. 43 If you're unsure whether milk is still good, give it the sniff test. < as lemmas |
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