n. 生计, 维持, 保持

vt. 保持, 保存, 遵守, 看守, 整理, 维持, 履行, 经营, 拘留, 记帐

vi. 保持, 继续不断

[经] 保持, 遵守, 记(帐)

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.]

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 duly, 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 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.


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 dungeon. 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.


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.

Donjon \Don"jon\ (d[u^]n"j[u^]n), n. [See {Dungeon}.]
The chief tower, also called the {keep}; a massive tower in
ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the
fortifications. See Illust. of {Castle}.