keep
[ki:p]
v.保持, 保留, 继续, 贮藏, 经营, 遵守, 供给, 照管, 饲养,耽搁, 保持食物不变质, 健康状况如何, 保守（秘密）, 记录, 遵守, 保护
n.生计, 保存, 城堡主楼,监狱,围墙
n.监狱, 围墙
例句与用法：
Keep straight on until you get to the church.
一直朝前走就走到教堂了。
Please keep me a place in the queue.
排队时请给我占个位置。
You must keep your promise.
你必须遵守诺言。
That shop keeps everything you will need.
那商店经销所有你需要的东西。
I'll only keep you a few minutes.
我只耽搁你几分钟。
词形变化：
动词过去式: kept | 动词过去分词: kept | 动词现在分词: keeping | 动词第三人称单数: keeps |
详细释义：
vt.
1. (长期或永久)持有, 保有
I kept it all the time to remind me of you.
我一直保存着它, 以此唤起我对你的记忆。
2. (一时)拥有; 保管
Please keep the watch for me while I go swimming.
我去游泳, 请代我保管这表。
3. 存放, 保留, 保存
We keep food in a refrigerator.
我们把食物存放在冰箱里。
4. 使……保持在(某一状态)[O][O4][O7][O8][O9]
Those toys kept the children amused.
那些玩具使孩子们玩得很开心。
She kept the child quiet.
她让孩子别作声。
5. 整理, 料理
Mother keeps the house.
母亲料理家务。
6. 履行; 遵守; 保守
Everyone must keep the law.
每个人都必须守法。
7. 阻止, 妨碍; 控制住[(+from)]
Robbie couldn't keep the child from yelling.
罗比没法使孩子不大叫大嚷。
8. 记(日记、帐等)
Mary keeps a diary.
玛丽天天记日记。
9. 抚养; 饲养
He needs more money to keep his wife and children.
他需要更多的钱来抚养妻子儿女。
10. 雇用
She keeps a maid.
她雇一个女佣人。
11. 经营, 开设(商店等)
They kept a small hotel in the town.
他们在城里开了一家小旅店。
12. 守卫; 看守[(+from)]
He has kept goal for our team.
他一直是我们队的守门员。
13. 庆祝; 守(宗教节日等)
They keep Christmas as well as Spring Festival in their house.
他们家既过春节, 也过圣诞节。
vi.
1. 保持着某一状态[Q][L]
Please keep quiet.
请保持安静。
2. (食物)保持不坏
Will this food keep in hot weather?
这种食品在热天能经久不坏吗?
3. 继续不断[+v-ing]
The child kept asking me questions.
这孩子老是问我问题。
4. 搁, 拖
Sorry to disturb you, but this problem won't keep.
对不起, 打扰你了, 可是这个问题急待处理。
5. 【口】居住, 逗留
Just where she kept in Boston is unknown to history.
她在波士顿到底住在什么地方, 历史上无人知晓。
n.
1. 生活费, 生计[U]
2. 【史】要塞; 堡垒中最强固的部分[C]
短语词组：
keep at
1. 继续做
I am going to keep them at their task.
我将使他们继续工作。
keep away
1. 不接近; 使离开
Keep away from the machine.
不要靠近机器。
keep from
1. 阻止; 避开
I kept the children from going out.
我不让孩子们出去。
2. 克制
He couldn't keep from laughing.
他忍不住大笑。
keep in
1. 不出外
It's best to keep in while the temperature is too low.
气温太低时最好呆在屋里。
2. 抑制
She tried to keep her anger in.
她力图抑制心头的愤怒。
3. 隐瞒
Please keep the secret in.
请保守秘密。
keep off
1. (使)不接近; 挡开
He drew the curtain to keep the sun off.
他拉上窗帘遮住阳光。
keep on
1. 继续
He kept on talking.
他讲个不停。
2. 继续雇用
He kept Bob on as a manager.
他继续留用鲍勃当经理。
3. 继续拥有
She'll keep the apartment on through the summer.
整个夏天她将继续租用那间公寓。
keep out
1. (使)不进入
Warm clothing helps to keep out the cold.
保暖的衣服可以御寒。
keep to
1. 遵守
You have to keep to your promise.
你得遵守诺言。
2. 坚持
We must keep to the style of plain living.
我们必须保持朴实的生活作风。
keep up
1. (使)不停止
Rain kept up all day.
雨下了一整天。
2. 保持
He kept up a correspondence with Tom.
他和汤姆保持通信联系。
keep up with
1. 跟上
They walked so fast that I could not keep up with them.
他们走得那么快, 我没法跟上。
2. 和……保持联系
She has kept up with some of her friends since her retirement.
她退休后一直同一些朋友保持着联系。