| 单词 | keep |
| 释义 | keep (once / 10 pages) 1vn 2v 3vn 4v To keep means to have and hold on to something — like to keep your wallet in your pocket. It also means to continue; if you keep hula hooping you’ll break the world record! Keep has many senses in English, and shows up in a lot of our common expressions, like “keep out!" and "keep your shirt on!" The word generally has the senses of hold onto, maintain, stay, continue, or protect from harm. Food that will not spoil yet will keep. You can keep a secret, keep a diary, or keep your little sister safe. You can also keep a ritual or religious custom by practicing it –- like to keep kosher. Whatever you do, “just keep going.” WORD FAMILYkeep: keeper, keeping, keeps, kept+/keeper: keepers/keeping: keepings/kept: keptest, unkept USAGE EXAMPLESWhy is it so hard to lose weight and keep it off? Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) He kept quiet and did his job through the commotion. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Washington did a fine job limiting Harden but couldn’t keep the “other guys” down in the Rockets’ 101-91 win at Toyota Center. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v continue a certain state, condition, or activity Keep on working! Keep smiling Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper continue, go along, go on, proceed bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last continuecontinue after an interruption discontinue come to or be at an end hold remain in a certain state, position, or condition keep going, run oncontinue uninterrupted ridecontinue undisturbed and without interference act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 2v fail to spoil or rot These potatoes keep for a long time Syn|Hyper stay fresh preserve prevent (food) from rotting remain, rest, stay stay the same; remain in a certain state 3v keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean" The students keep me on my toes Syn|Hypo hold, maintain pressurise, pressurize maintain a certain pressure bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, upholdkeep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last hold overkeep in a position or state from an earlier period of time conservekeep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change preservekeep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing distancekeep at a distance housekeepmaintain a household; take care of all business related to a household re-start, restart, resumetake up or begin anew hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persistbe persistent, refuse to stop perpetuatecause to continue or prevail keep up, prolong, sustainlengthen or extend in duration or space mummifypreserve while making lifeless 4v prevent (food) from rotting keep potatoes fresh Syn|Hypo|Hyper preserve stay fresh fail to spoil or rot freeze-dry preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum conservepreserve with sugar dehydrate, desiccatepreserve by removing all water and liquids from picklepreserve in a pickling liquid saltpreserve with salt can, put up, tinpreserve in a can or tin refrigeratepreserve by chilling cureprepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve cornpreserve with salt lyophilise, lyophilizeto dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum duncure by salting cook, fix, make, prepare, ready prepare for eating by applying heat 5v keep under control; keep in check Keep your temper keep your cool Syn|Hypo|Hyper hold back, keep back, restrain hold keep from exhaling or expelling confineprevent from leaving or from being removed bottle up, inhibit, suppresscontrol and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderatelessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammelplace limits on (extent or access) conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppressto put down by force or authority damprestrain or discourage cabinconfine to a small space, such as a cabin closetconfine to a small space, as for intensive work coop in, coop upconfine in or as if in a coop lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut upplace in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape lock in, seal inclose with or as if with a tight seal crucify, mortify, subduehold within limits and control abnegate, denydeny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure hold back, keep back, restrainkeep under control; keep in check quenchelectronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device chokecheck or slow down the action or effect of restrictplace under restrictions; limit access to traincause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it catchcheck oneself during an action batemoderate or restrain; lessen the force of thermostatcontrol the temperature with a thermostat counteract, countercheckoppose or check by a counteraction bottle up, inhibit, suppress control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior 6v allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on We kept the work going as long as we could Syn|Hyper continue, keep on, retain continue, persist in do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop keep up, prolong, sustain lengthen or extend in duration or space 7v stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state His snoring kept me from falling asleep Keep the child from eating the marbles Syn|Ant|Hypo prevent allow, let, permit make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen defend be on the defensive; act against an attack exclude, keep out, shut, shut outprevent from entering; shut out holdkeep from departing keep awayprevent from coming close blankkeep the opposing (baseball) team from winning hinder, impedebe a hindrance or obstacle to rain out, wash outprevent or interrupt due to rain curse, excommunicate, unchurchexclude from a church or a religious community bulwarkdefend with a bulwark protectshield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage ward offavert, turn away, or repel arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn backhold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occludeblock passage through lock outprevent employees from working during a strike inhibitlimit, block, or decrease the action or function of interferecome between so as to be hindrance or obstacle set backslow down the progress of; hinder hobblehamper the action or progress of stuntcheck the growth or development of ostracise, ostracizeavoid speaking to or dealing with 8v hold and prevent from leaving The student was kept after school Syn|Hyper prevent stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement 9n the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress Syn|Exp|Hyper donjon, dungeon Black Hole of Calcutta a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive fastness, stronghold a strongly fortified defensive structure 10n a cell in a jail or prison 2Syn|Hyper hold cell, jail cell, prison cell a room where a prisoner is kept 1v retain rights to keep my job for me while I give birth keep my seat, please keep open the possibility of a merger Syn|Hyper hold open, keep open, save hold on retain possession of book, hold, reserve arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance 2v retain possession of Can I keep my old stuffed animals? She kept her maiden name after she married Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper hold on hold open, keep open, save retain rights to lose fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense carry over, hold over hold over goods to be sold for the next season deny, refuserefuse to let have deduct, recoup, withholdretain and refrain from disbursing; of payments preserve, saveto keep up and reserve for personal or special use hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, storekeep or lay aside for future use storefind a place for and put away for storage hold, hold back, keep back, retainsecure and keep for possible future use or application harbor, harbourkeep in one's possession; of animals enter, put down, recordmake a record of; set down in permanent form garnerstore grain binstore in bins keep back, withholdhold back; refuse to hand over or share dockdeduct from someone's wages computerise, computerizestore in a computer conserve, economise, economize, husbanduse cautiously and frugally victuallay in provisions mothballput into long-term storage repositput (something) in a place for storage wharfstore on a wharf tankstore in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it loftstore in a loft warehousestore in a warehouse garagekeep or store in a garage bottlestore (liquids or gases) in bottles ensilestore in a silo hold downkeep accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll upget or gather together hivestore, like bees have, have got, hold have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense 3v have as a supply I always keep batteries in the freezer keep food for a week in the pantry She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator Hyper have, have got, hold have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense 4v store or keep customarily Where do you keep your gardening tools? Hyper store find a place for and put away for storage 5v maintain for use and service 3I keep a car in the countryside She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips Syn|Hyper maintain have, have got, hold have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense 1v look after; be the keeper of; have charge of He keeps the shop when I am gone Syn|Hypo|Hyper preserve maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger conserve, keep up, maintain, preserve keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction embalmpreserve a dead body plastinatepreserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes hold the linehold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant have, have got, hold have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense 2v raise She keeps a few chickens in the yard he keeps bees Hypo|Hyper herd keep, move, or drive animals wrangleherd and care for farm, grow, produce, raise cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques 3v supply with necessities and support There's little to earn and many to keep Syn|Hypo|Hyper maintain, sustain patronage support by being a patron of reseedmaintain by seeding without human intervention carrykeep up with financial support have, have got, hold have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense 4v supply with room and board He is keeping three women in the guest cottage keep boarders Hyper accommodate, lodge provide housing for 5v maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger May God keep you Syn|Hyper preserve protect shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage 6n the financial means whereby one lives 4each child was expected to pay for their keep Syn|Hypo|Hyper bread and butter, livelihood, living, support, sustenance amenities, comforts, conveniences, creature comforts things that make you comfortable and at ease maintenancemeans of maintenance of a family or group meal ticketa source of income or livelihood subsistenceminimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting resource available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed 1v stick to correctly or closely The pianist kept time with the metronome keep count I cannot keep track of all my employees Syn maintain, observe 2v conform one's action or practice to keep appointments she never keeps her promises We kept to the original conditions of the contract Syn|Ant|Hypo observe breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises make good act as promised 3v behave as expected during of holidays or rites Keep the commandments Syn|Hypo celebrate, observe commemorate, mark mark by some ceremony or observation mournobserve the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one solemnise, solemnizeobserve or perform with dignity or gravity 4v maintain by writing regular records keep a diary keep notes Syn|Hyper maintain enter, put down, record make a record of; set down in permanent form |
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