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

to keep nit: to keep watch, to be on the lookout. Cf. nix int. and n.¹ Phrases 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch [verb (intransitive)] > while another acts

to keep (the) tout1819

to keep nit1883

to keep cave1906

to keep yow1942

1883 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser 8 May (Suppl.) Orchard said, ‘I'll keep nit (meaning to give the alarm), Bush’.

1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Apr. 26/2 Don't forget that rats keep ‘nit’ with splendid all-round effect.

1918 Euripidean: Troopship Souvenir 6 When I says workin' I means I keekin [sic] nit to see 'as 'ow th' D's don't hop in an' cop the brass.

1940 I. L. Idriess Lightning Ridge 20 Bill kept nit for his elder brother who was courting a girl, and earned a shilling.

1971 D. Ireland Unknown Industr. Prisoner 77 They had transgressed the unwritten law that you didn't let yourself go to sleep while you were keeping nit for your mates.

1977 B. Scott My Uncle Arch 3 They'd pick a couple of the mob to keep nit then they'd hoe into the corn.

单词	to keep nit
释义	> as lemmas to keep nit to keep nit: to keep watch, to be on the lookout. Cf. nix int. and n.¹ Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch [verb (intransitive)] > while another acts to keep (the) tout1819 to keep nit1883 to keep cave1906 to keep yow1942 1883 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser 8 May (Suppl.) Orchard said, ‘I'll keep nit (meaning to give the alarm), Bush’. 1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Apr. 26/2 Don't forget that rats keep ‘nit’ with splendid all-round effect. 1918 Euripidean: Troopship Souvenir 6 When I says workin' I means I keekin [sic] nit to see 'as 'ow th' D's don't hop in an' cop the brass. 1940 I. L. Idriess Lightning Ridge 20 Bill kept nit for his elder brother who was courting a girl, and earned a shilling. 1971 D. Ireland Unknown Industr. Prisoner 77 They had transgressed the unwritten law that you didn't let yourself go to sleep while you were keeping nit for your mates. 1977 B. Scott My Uncle Arch 3 They'd pick a couple of the mob to keep nit then they'd hoe into the corn. extracted from nitn.³int. < as lemmas
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