keep  /k'ip/

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  keep
  生計,維持,保持(vt.)保持,保存,遵守,看守,整理,維持,履行,瞻養,經營,拘留

資料來源(2): Taiwan MOE computer dictionary [moecomp]

  keep
  保留

資料來源(3): Network Terminology [netterm]

  keep
  *保留

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Keep \Keep\ (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k?pen, AS. c?pan to keep, regard, desire,
     await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to
     desire.]
     1. To care; to desire. [Obs.]
  
              I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer.
  
     2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let
        go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
        lose; to retain; to detain.
  
              If we lose the field, We can not keep the town.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              That I may know what keeps me here with you.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are
              considering, that would instruct us.  --Locke.
  
     3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
        maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
        tenor.
  
              His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton.
  
              Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     Note: In this sense it is often used with prepositions and
           adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from,
           to keep in, out, or off, etc. ``To keep off
           impertinence and solicitation from his superior.''
           --Addison.
  
     4. To have in custody; to have in some place for
        preservation; to take charge of.
  
              The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was
              always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles.
  
     5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
  
              Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen.
                                                    xxviii. 15.
  
     6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
        communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
  
              Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
  
              And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the
              garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. --Gen.
                                                    ii. 15.
  
              In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
                                                    --Carew.
  
     8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to
        keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts,
        records, etc. ) in a book.
  
     9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
        like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
  
              Like a pedant that keeps a school.    --Shak.
  
              Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward.
  
     10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to
         keep boarders.
  
     11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
         assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
  
               I keep but three men and a boy.      --Shak.
  
     12. To have habitually in stock for sale.
  
     13. To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to
         intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to
         keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
  
               Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak.
  
               Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett.
  
     14. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from
         or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to
         neglect; to be faithful to.
  
               I have kept the faith.               --2 Tim. iv.
                                                    7.
  
               Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great
               command.                             --Milton.
  
     15. To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as,
         to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to
         frequent. --Shak.
  
               'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and
               satyrs do it keep.                   --J. Fletcher.
  
     16. To observe duty, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to
         solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
  
               I went with them to the house of God . . . with a
               multitude that kept holyday.         --Ps. xlii. 4.
  
     {To keep at arm's length}. See under {Arm}, n.
  
     {To keep back}.
         (a) To reserve; to withhold. ``I will keep nothing back
             from you.'' --Jer. xlii. 4.
         (b) To restrain; to hold back. ``Keep back thy servant
             also from presumptuous sins.'' --Ps. xix. 13.
  
     {To keep company with}.
         (a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as,
             let youth keep company with the wise and good.
         (b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with
             one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
             attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
             
  
     {To keep counsel}. See under {Counsel}, n.
  
     {To keep down}.
         (a) To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder.
         (b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion
             of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may
             not be diverted from the more important parts of the
             work.
  
     {To keep good} (or {bad}) {hours}, to be customarily early
        (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest. -- {To
     keep house}.
         (a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with
             one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to
             manage domestic affairs.
         (b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's
             house in order to evade the demands of creditors. --
     {To keep one's hand in}, to keep in practice. -- {To keep
     open house}, to be hospitable. -- {To keep the peace} (Law),
        to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace. -- {To keep
     school}, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as
        a preceptor. -- {To keep a stiff upper lip}, to keep up
        one's courage. [Slang] -- {To keep term}.
         (a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term.
         (b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners
             in hall to make the term count for the purpose of
             being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
  
     {To keep touch}. See under {Touch}, n.
  
     {To keep under}, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
  
     {To keep up}.
         (a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution;
             as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's
             credit.
         (b) To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing.
             ``In joy, that which keeps up the action is the
             desire to continue it.'' --Locke.
  
     Syn: To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain;
          maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To {Keep}.
  
     Usage: {Retain}, {Preserve}. Keep is the generic term, and is
            often used where retain or preserve would too much
            restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain
            denotes that we keep or hold things, as against
            influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons
            which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain
            vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit;
            to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune.
            Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies
            which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in
            upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve
            appearances.

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Keep \Keep\, v. i.
     1. To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide;
        to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep
        near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to
        keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach.
  
     2. To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
  
              If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it
              makes will not keep.                  --Mortimer.
  
     3. To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused
        except locally or colloquially.]
  
              Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.]
  
              Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that
              is in us.                             --Tyndale.
  
     5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.]
  
     {To keep from}, to abstain or refrain from.
  
     {To keep in with}, to keep on good terms with; as, to keep in
        with an opponent.
  
     {To keep on}, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to
        advance.
  
     {To keep to}, to adhere strictly to; not to neglect or
        deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a
        rule; to keep to one's word or promise.
  
     {To keep up}, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined
        to one's bed.

資料來源(6): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Keep \Keep\, n.
     1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed;
        charge. --Chaucer.
  
              Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender
              lambkins takest keep.                 --Spenser.
  
     2. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition;
        case; as, to be in good keep.
  
     3. The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance;
        support; as, the keep of a horse.
  
              Grass equal to the keep of seven cows. --Carlyle.
  
              I performed some services to the college in return
              for my keep.                          --T. Hughes.
  
     4. That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a
        castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a
        castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of
        the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See
        Illust. of {Castle}.
  
              The prison strong, Within whose keep the captive
              knights were laid.                    --Dryden.
  
              The lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. --Hallam.
  
              I think . . . the keep, or principal part of a
              castle, was so called because the lord and his
              domestic circle kept, abode, or lived there. --M. A.
                                                    Lower.
  
     5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.]
  
              Often he used of his keep A sacrifice to bring.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in
        place.
  
     {To take keep}, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

資料來源(7): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  In \In\, prep. [AS. in; akin to D. & G. in, Icel. [=i], Sw. &
     Dan. i, OIr. & L. in, Gr. 'en. [root]197. Cf. 1st {In-},
     {Inn}.]
     The specific signification of in is situation or place with
     respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It
     is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving
     within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any
     kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing,
     either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it
     approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is
     interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. It
     is used:
  
     1. With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston;
        he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.
  
              The babe lying in a manger.           --Luke ii. 16.
  
              Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west. --Shak.
  
              Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude.
                                                    --Gibbon.
  
              Matter for censure in every page.     --Macaulay.
  
     2. With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is
        in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light. ``Fettered
        in amorous chains.'' --Shak.
  
              Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils.
                                                    --Shelley.
  
     3. With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the
        part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first
        regiment in the army.
  
              Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry.
                                                    --Swift.
  
     4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal states,
        etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is
        in darkness; to live in fear.
  
              When shall we three meet again, In thunder,
              lightning, or in rain?                --Shak.
  
     5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence
        considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in
        one's favor. ``In sight of God's high throne.'' --Milton.
  
              Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh.
                                                    --Cowper.
  
     6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain
        limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as,
        to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in
        death; to put our trust in God.
  
              He would not plunge his brother in despair.
                                                    --Addison.
  
              She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets.
                                                    --Fielding.
  
     7. With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it
        happened in the last century; in all my life.
  
     {In as much as}, or {Inasmuch as}, in the degree that; in
        like manner as; in consideration that; because that;
        since. See {Synonym} of {Because}, and cf. {For as much
        as}, under {For}, prep.
  
     {In that}, because; for the reason that. ``Some things they
        do in that they are men . . .; some things in that they
        are men misled and blinded with error.'' --Hooker.
  
     {In the name of}, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority;
        as, it was done in the name of the people; -- often used
        in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like.
  
     {To be in for it}.
        (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a
            course.
        (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc.
            [Colloq.]
  
     {To be} (or {keep}) {in with}.
        (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the
            land.
        (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy
            with; to secure and retain the favor of. [Colloq.]
  
     Syn: Into; within; on; at. See {At}.

資料來源(8): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  keep
       n 1: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was
            expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the
            state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own
            livelihood" [syn: {support}, {livelihood}, {living}, {bread
            and butter}, {sustenance}]
       2: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or
          fortress [syn: {donjon}, {dungeon}]
       3: a cell in a jail or prison [syn: {hold}]
       v 1: keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep
            clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a
            lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" [syn: {maintain},
             {hold}]
       2: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on
          working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep
          smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
          [syn: {continue}, {go on}, {proceed}, {go along}] [ant: {discontinue}]
       3: retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?";
          "She kept her maiden name after she married" [syn: {hold
          on}] [ant: {lose}]
       4: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state;
          "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring
          kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating
          the marbles" [syn: {prevent}] [ant: {let}]
       5: conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments";
          "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original
          conditions of the contract" [syn: {observe}]
       6: observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with
          the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all
          my employees" [syn: {observe}, {maintain}]
       7: look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the
          shop when I am gone"
       8: maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary";
          "maintain a record"; "keep notes" [syn: {maintain}]
       9: supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in
          the guest cottage"; "keep boarders"
       10: allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue
           several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer";
           "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: {retain}, {continue}, {keep on}, {keep going}]
       11: supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained
           her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause";
           "There's little to earn and many to keep" [syn: {sustain},
            {maintain}]
       12: fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"
           [syn: {stay fresh}]
       13: celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments";
           "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" [syn: {observe},
            {celebrate}]
       14: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep
           your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: {restrain}, {suppress},
            {keep back}, {hold back}]
       15: maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God
           keep you" [syn: {preserve}]
       16: raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps
           bees"
       17: retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth";
           "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a
           merger" [syn: {keep open}, {hold open}, {save}]
       18: store or keep customarily; "Where do you keep your gardening
           tools?"
       19: 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"
       20: maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the
           countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her
           shopping trips" [syn: {maintain}]
       21: hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after
           school"
       22: prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep
           potatoes fresh" [syn: {preserve}]
       [also: {kept}]

資料來源(9): THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]

  KEEP, v.t.
  
      He willed away his whole estate,
          And then in death he fell asleep,
      Murmuring:  "Well, at any rate,
          My name unblemished I shall keep."
      But when upon the tomb 'twas wrought
      Whose was it? -- for the dead keep naught.
                                                       Durang Gophel Arn
  
  

資料來源(10): Internet Dictionary Project [english-french]

  keep
  	garder (inf.)[Verb]
  
  

資料來源(11): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]

  keep
  	bewahren
  
  

資料來源(12): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]

  keep
  	behalten
  
  

資料來源(13): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]

  keep
  	aufhalten
  
  

資料來源(14): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]

  keep
  	einhalten
  
  

資料來源(15): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]

  keep
  	halten
  
  

資料來源(16): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]

  keep
  	erhalten
  
  

資料來源(17): Internet Dictionary Project [english-portugue]

  keep
  	fortaleza[Noun]
  
  

資料來源(18): Internet Dictionary Project [english-spanish]

  keep
  	keep
  
  

資料來源(19): Internet Dictionary Project [english-spanish]

  keep
  	guardar
  
  

資料來源(20): Internet Dictionary Project [english-spanish]

  keep
  	manutenci鏮, subsistencia