英语词汇“to keep measure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†e. to keep (also observe) measure(s) (also a measure): to be moderate or restrained in action. †to keep measures with: to show consideration towards (a person). Frequently in negative contexts. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > behave with moderation or restraint [verb (intransitive)]

to keep (also observe) measure(s) (also a measure)a1500

to use a mean1607

go-easy1860

to pull one's punches1931

to go slow1962

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous to [verb (transitive)]

courtesy1570

notice1660

to keep measures with1709

a1500 ( W. Worcester Scrope's Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Trin. Cambr.) (1999) 290 (MED) [a1475 Bodl. It is a fulle harde thinge and a straite] to kepe a mesur ande to be longe hole.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Oviii^v In rewardes they kepe no measure.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iii. 82 Our Author..endeavours to shew Civility and Favour, by keeping the fairest Measures he possibly can with the Men of this sort.

1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. II. 361 He thought fit to keep measures with him in the beginning, hoping perhaps by gentle methods to bring him back to his duty.

1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. IV. 68 The tyrants..no longer observed any measures.

1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 7. 53 If his taylor continue to disappoint him, I promise to keep no measures with the delinquent.

1831 Lives of Eminent Brit. Statesmen I. 100 More, having no longer any measures to keep, openly declared, that [etc.].

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 198 He keeps no measure in his contempt for him.

18. Rhythm; rhythmical motion, esp. as regulated by music; the rhythm of a movement or piece of music. to keep measure: to observe strict time.

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the world > time > frequency > [noun] > rhythm or measure

cadencec1384

modulation1531

measure1576

timekeeping1593

cadency1628

rhythmus1778

rhythmicality1817

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [noun] > regular

modulation1531

measure1576

timekeeping1593

1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 35 Dogges..which are taught..to daunce in measure at the musicall sounde of an instrument.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 104 All this is performed in measure [Gk. ἐν ῥυθμῷ] to the Flute.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 50 He first taught Souldiers to march by the sound of Fifes and Harpes, observing a kinde of measure in their pace.

1694 J. Addison St. Cecilia's Day in Ann. Misc. 136 The Bears in awkward measures leap.

a1704 T. Brown Beauties to Armida in Wks. (1707) I. i. 65 May she in measure like Clarinda move.

1704 M. Prior To Mrs. Singer 14 If Amaryllis breathes thy secret pains, And thy fond heart beats measure to thy strains.

1800–24 T. Campbell Pilgrim Glencoe 8 Whose crews..Keep measure with their oars.

1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 253 He would beat the measure of a light polka on his pallet.

1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. viii. 216 To the slow, swinging measure they danced by, and it seemed to him that they clung to each other.

1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria iii. 85 His feet mechanically performed upon the carpet a dancing-master's measure.

1960 D. Levertov in Poetry Apr. 2 Two flutes: How close To each other they move In mazing figures, Never touching, never Breaking the measure.

单词	to keep measure
释义	> as lemmas to keep (also observe) measure(s) (also a measure) †e. to keep (also observe) measure(s) (also a measure): to be moderate or restrained in action. †to keep measures with: to show consideration towards (a person). Frequently in negative contexts. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > behave with moderation or restraint [verb (intransitive)] to keep (also observe) measure(s) (also a measure)a1500 to use a mean1607 go-easy1860 to pull one's punches1931 to go slow1962 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous to [verb (transitive)] courtesy1570 notice1660 to keep measures with1709 a1500 ( W. Worcester Scrope's Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Trin. Cambr.) (1999) 290 (MED) [a1475 Bodl. It is a fulle harde thinge and a straite] to kepe a mesur ande to be longe hole. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Oviii^v In rewardes they kepe no measure. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iii. 82 Our Author..endeavours to shew Civility and Favour, by keeping the fairest Measures he possibly can with the Men of this sort. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. II. 361 He thought fit to keep measures with him in the beginning, hoping perhaps by gentle methods to bring him back to his duty. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. IV. 68 The tyrants..no longer observed any measures. 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 7. 53 If his taylor continue to disappoint him, I promise to keep no measures with the delinquent. 1831 Lives of Eminent Brit. Statesmen I. 100 More, having no longer any measures to keep, openly declared, that [etc.]. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 198 He keeps no measure in his contempt for him. extracted from measuren. to keep measure 18. Rhythm; rhythmical motion, esp. as regulated by music; the rhythm of a movement or piece of music. to keep measure: to observe strict time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [noun] > rhythm or measure cadencec1384 modulation1531 measure1576 timekeeping1593 cadency1628 rhythmus1778 rhythmicality1817 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [noun] > regular modulation1531 measure1576 timekeeping1593 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 35 Dogges..which are taught..to daunce in measure at the musicall sounde of an instrument. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 104 All this is performed in measure [Gk. ἐν ῥυθμῷ] to the Flute. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 50 He first taught Souldiers to march by the sound of Fifes and Harpes, observing a kinde of measure in their pace. 1694 J. Addison St. Cecilia's Day in Ann. Misc. 136 The Bears in awkward measures leap. a1704 T. Brown Beauties to Armida in Wks. (1707) I. i. 65 May she in measure like Clarinda move. 1704 M. Prior To Mrs. Singer 14 If Amaryllis breathes thy secret pains, And thy fond heart beats measure to thy strains. 1800–24 T. Campbell Pilgrim Glencoe 8 Whose crews..Keep measure with their oars. 1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 253 He would beat the measure of a light polka on his pallet. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. viii. 216 To the slow, swinging measure they danced by, and it seemed to him that they clung to each other. 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria iii. 85 His feet mechanically performed upon the carpet a dancing-master's measure. 1960 D. Levertov in Poetry Apr. 2 Two flutes: How close To each other they move In mazing figures, Never touching, never Breaking the measure. extracted from measuren. < as lemmas
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