| 单词 | keeper |
| 释义 | keeper —keeperless, adj. —keepership, n. /kee"peuhr/, n. 1. a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate. 2. a person who assumes responsibility for another's behavior: He refused to be his brother's keeper. 3. a person who owns or operates a business (usually used in combination): a hotelkeeper. 4. a person who is responsible for the maintenance of something (often used in combination): a zookeeper; a groundskeeper. 5. a person charged with responsibility for the preservation and conservation of something valuable, as a curator or game warden. 6. a person who conforms to or abides by a requirement: a keeper of his word. 7. a fish that is of sufficient size to be caught and retained without violating the law. 8. Football. a play in which the quarterback retains the ball and runs with it, usually after faking a hand-off or pass. 9. something that serves to hold in place, retain, etc., as on a door lock. 10. something that lasts well, as a fruit. 11. See guard ring. 12. an iron or steel bar placed across the poles of a permanent horseshoe magnet for preserving the strength of the magnet during storage. [1250-1300; ME keper. See KEEP, -ER1] Syn. 1. warden, jailer. 2. custodian, guardian. |
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