kept 音标拼音: [k'ɛpt] [k'æpt]
vbl .
keep 的过去式和过去分词
keep 的过去式和过去分词
kept adj 1 : (
especially of promises or contracts )
not violated or disregarded ; "
unbroken promises "; "
promises kept " [
synonym :
{
unbroken }, {
kept }] [
ant : {
broken }, {
unkept }]
kept \
kept \ (
k [
e ^]
pt ),
imp . &
p .
p .
of {
Keep }.
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{
Kept woman }, {
Kept mistress },
a concubine ;
a woman supported by a man as his paramour .
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Keep \
Keep \ (
k [=
e ]
p ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Kept } (
k [
e ^]
pt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Keeping }.] [
OE .
k [=
e ]
pen ,
AS .
c [=
e ]
pan to keep ,
regard ,
desire ,
await ,
take ,
betake ;
cf .
AS .
copenere lover ,
OE .
copnien to desire .]
1 .
To care ;
to desire . [
Obs .]
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I kepe not of armes for to yelp [
boast ]. --
Chaucer .
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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 .
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If we lose the field ,
We can not keep the town . --
Shak .
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That I may know what keeps me here with you .
--
Dryden .
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If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are considering ,
that would instruct us . --
Locke .
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3 .
To cause to remain in a given situation or condition ;
to maintain unchanged ;
to hold or preserve in any state or tenor .
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His loyalty he kept ,
his love ,
his zeal . --
Milton .
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Keep a stiff rein ,
and move but gently on .
--
Addison .
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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 .
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4 .
To have in custody ;
to have in some place for preservation ;
to take charge of .
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The crown of Stephanus ,
first king of Hungary ,
was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade . --
Knolles .
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5 .
To preserve from danger ,
harm ,
or loss ;
to guard .
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Behold ,
I am with thee ,
and will keep thee . --
Gen .
xxviii .
15 .
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6 .
To preserve from discovery or publicity ;
not to communicate ,
reveal ,
or betray ,
as a secret .
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Great are thy virtues . . .
though kept from man .
--
Milton .
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7 .
To attend upon ;
to have the care of ;
to tend .
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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 .
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In her girlish age ,
she kept sheep on the moor .
--
Carew .
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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 .
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9 .
To maintain ,
as an establishment ,
institution ,
or the like ;
to conduct ;
to manage ;
as ,
to keep store .
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Like a pedant that keeps a school . --
Shak .
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Every one of them kept house by himself . --
Hayward .
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10 .
To supply with necessaries of life ;
to entertain ;
as ,
to keep boarders .
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11 .
To have in one '
s service ;
to have and maintain ,
as an assistant ,
a servant ,
a mistress ,
a horse ,
etc .
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I keep but three men and a boy . --
Shak .
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12 .
To have habitually in stock for sale .
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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 .
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Both day and night did we keep company . --
Shak .
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Within this portal as I kept my watch . --
Smollett .
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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 .
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I have kept the faith . --
2 Tim .
iv .
7 .
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Him whom to love is to obey ,
and keep His great command . --
Milton .
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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 .
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'
Tis hallowed ground ;
Fairies ,
and fawns ,
and satyrs do it keep . --
J .
Fletcher .
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16 .
To observe duly ,
as a festival ,
etc .;
to celebrate ;
to solemnize ;
as ,
to keep a feast .
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I went with them to the house of God . . .
with a multitude that kept holyday . --
Ps .
xlii .
4 .
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{
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 hours }
or {
To keep 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 .
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18 Moby Thesaurus words for "
kept ":
conserved ,
held ,
held back ,
held in reserve ,
intact ,
preserved ,
protected ,
put by ,
reserved ,
retained ,
saved ,
spare ,
spared ,
undamaged ,
unspoiled ,
untainted ,
well -
conserved ,
withheld
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