keep的意思是：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。keep的详尽释义是v.(动词)保持（某一状态），维持，继续，持续看守，守卫，把守，保护保留，保存，保管经营，管理，开设持有，拥有，保有控制住记抚养，饲养雇用遵守，履行庆祝，纪念；过（节、生日等）拿着防护，防守，守忍住，抑制，制止（常与from连用）留住，阻止离开居住，逗留，呆（食物等）能保持新鲜，保存好，不变坏（商店等）开着，（学校）继续上课交往不要求马上注意，能耽搁，可拖延。keep过去式:kept；过去分词:kept；现在分词:keeping；第三人称单数:keeps。
一、详尽释义点此查看keep的详细内容
二、英英释义
"each child was expected to pay for their keep"
"he applied to the state for support"
"he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
"keep clean"
"hold in place"
"She always held herself as a lady"
"The students keep me on my toes"
"Keep on working!"
"We continued to work into the night"
"Keep smiling"
"We went on working until well past midnight"
"Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"
"She kept her maiden name after she married"
"We must prevent the cancer from spreading"
"His snoring kept me from falling asleep"
"Keep the child from eating the marbles"
"keep appointments"
"she never keeps her promises"
"We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
"The pianist kept time with the metronome"
"keep count"
"I cannot keep track of all my employees"
"He keeps the shop when I am gone"
"keep a diary"
"maintain a record"
"keep notes"
"He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"
"keep boarders"
"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"
"She retained her composure"
"this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
"She alone sustained her family"
"The money will sustain our good cause"
"There's little to earn and many to keep"
"These potatoes keep for a long time"
"Keep the commandments"
"celebrate Christmas"
"Observe Yom Kippur"
"suppress a smile"
"Keep your temper"
"keep your cool"
"May God keep you"
"She keeps a few chickens in the yard"
"he keeps bees"
"keep my job for me while I give birth"
"keep my seat, please"
"keep open the possibility of a merger"
"Where do you keep your gardening tools?"
"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"
"I keep a car in the countryside"
"She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
"The student was kept after school"
"preserved meats"
"keep potatoes fresh"
三、词典解释
1.（使）保持
If someonekeeps oris kept in a particular state, they remain in it.
e.g. The noise kept him awake...
噪音吵得他一直没有睡着。
e.g. Reggie was being kept busy behind the bar...
雷吉一直在柜台后忙活。
2.（使）处于；（使）留在
If youkeep or youare kept in a particular position or place, you remain in it.
e.g. Keep away from the doors while the train is moving...
列车运行过程中要远离车门。
e.g. He kept his head down, hiding his features...
他低头掩面。
3.（使）坚持（避免或不卷入）
If youkeep off something orkeep away from it, you avoid it. If youkeep out of something, you avoid getting involved in it. You can also say that youkeep someoneoff ,away from orout of something.
e.g. I managed to stick to the diet andkeep off sweet foods...
我努力做到了只吃规定饮食，不沾甜食。
e.g. He's going to be a fantastic player if he keeps away from booze and women...
如果能不近酒色，他将成为一名出色的运动员。
4.阻止（或防止、阻碍）…做
If someone or somethingkeeps youfrom a particular action, they prevent you from doing it.
e.g. Embarrassment has kept me from doing all sorts of things...
我总是害怕受窘，什么事都不敢去做。
e.g. He kept her from being lonely...
他不让她感到孤独。
5.忍住（或克制）不做
If you try tokeep from doing something, you try to stop yourself from doing it.
e.g. She bit her lip tokeep from crying...
她咬住嘴唇不哭。
e.g. He had to lean on Dan tokeep from falling.
他不得不靠在丹身上以免摔倒。
6.保守;隐瞒
If youkeep somethingfrom someone, you do not tell them about it.
keep
e.g. She knew that Gabriel was keeping something from her.
她知道加布里埃尔有事瞒着她。
7.重复；继续
If youkeep doing something, you do it repeatedly or continue to do it.
e.g. Ikeep forgetting it's December...
我总是忘了现在是12月了。
e.g. I turned back after a while, but he kept walking...
我过了一会就往回走了，但他还接着走。
8.（与某些名词连用，表示持续一段时间或继续做某事）持续，继续（持有或控制）
Keep is used with some nouns to indicate that someone does something for a period of time or continues to do it. For example, if youkeep a grip on something, you continue to hold or control it.
e.g. Until last year, the regime kept a tight grip on the country...
直到去年，那个国家还处于该政权的严密控制之下。
e.g. One of them wouldkeep a look-out on the road behind to warn us of approaching vehicles...
他们中会有一人看着后面的路，提醒我们注意过来的车辆。
9.保留；保有；留有
If youkeep something, you continue to have it in your possession and do not throw it away, give it away, or sell it.
e.g. 'I like this dress,' she said. 'Keep it. You can have it,' said Daphne...
“我喜欢这件连衣裙，”她说。“留下吧。给你了，”达夫妮说道。
e.g. Lathan had to choose between marrying her and keeping his job.
莱森不得不在娶她和保住工作之间作出选择。
10.存放；储存
If youkeep something in a particular place, you always have it or store it in that place so that you can use it whenever you need it.
e.g. She kept her money under the mattress...
她把钱放在床垫下。
e.g. She remembered where she kept the gun...
她记得放枪的地方。
11.遵守；笃守；恪守
When youkeep something such as a promise or an appointment, you do what you said you would do.
keep
e.g. I'm hoping you'llkeep your promise to come for a long visit...
我希望你遵守诺言来这儿多呆几天。
e.g. He had again failed tokeep his word.
他又食言了。
12.记下；记录；记载
If youkeep a record of a series of events, you write down details of it so that they can be referred to later.
e.g. Eleanor began tokeep a diary...
埃莉诺开始记日记了。
e.g. The volunteers kept a record of everything they ate for a week.
志愿者记录下他们一周所吃的所有食物。
13.供养；抚养；养活
If youkeep yourself orkeep someone else, you support yourself or the other person by earning enough money to provide food, clothing, money, and other necessary things.
e.g. She could just about afford tokeep her five kids...
她勉勉强强能养得起自己的5个孩子。
e.g. I just cannot afford tokeep myself...
我难以维持生计。
14.生活费用
Someone'skeep is the cost of food and other things that they need in their daily life.
keep
e.g. Ray will earn hiskeep on local farms while studying...
雷求学期间会在当地的农场干活赚取生活费。
e.g. I need to give my parents money for mykeep.
我需要付给父母我的生活费。
15.饲养
If youkeep animals, you own them and take care of them.
e.g. I've brought you some eggs. Wekeep chickens...
我给你带了些鸡蛋。我们养鸡。
e.g. This mad writer kept a lobster as a pet.
这个疯狂的作家把龙虾当宠物养。
16.开设；经营；管理
If youkeep a business such as a small shop or hotel, you own it and manage it.
e.g. His father kept a village shop.
他父亲经营一家乡村商店。
17.使耽搁;使延误
If someone or somethingkeeps you, they delay you and make you late.
e.g. Sorry tokeep you, Jack...
很抱歉让你久等了，杰克。
e.g. 'What kept you?' — 'I went in the wrong direction.'
“你为什么晚了？”——“我走错了方向。”
18.（食物）保持不坏
If foodkeeps for a certain length of time, it stays fresh and suitable to eat for that time.
keep的近义词
e.g. Whatever is left over may be put into the refrigerator, where it willkeep for 2-3 weeks.
剩下的东西都可以放进冰箱，可以保持两到三个星期不坏。
19.（用于询问健康状况）保持健康
You can say or ask how someoneis keeping as a way of saying or asking whether they are well.
e.g. She hasn't been keeping too well lately...
她最近身体不太好。
e.g. How are you keeping these days?
你这些天身体怎么样？
20.（中世纪的）城堡主楼
Akeep is the main tower of a medieval castle, in which people lived.
21.继续做；坚持干
If youkeep at it, you continue doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
e.g. It may take a number of attempts, but it is worth keeping at it...
可能要试几次，但还是值得坚持的。
e.g. 'Keep at it!' Thade encouraged me.
“坚持下去！”萨德鼓励我道。
22.永远；永不更改地
Something that isfor keeps is permanent and will not change.
e.g. Ensure that whatever you gain now will be for keeps...
确保你现在所获得的一切永远不会失去。
e.g. He advised them to leave town for keeps.
他建议他们离开镇子，永远别再回来。
23.继续移动;坚持干
If youkeep going, you continue moving along or doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
keep
e.g. She forced herself tokeep going...
她强迫自己继续下去。
e.g. I was shouting: 'Keep going,keep going!'
我喊着：“坚持，坚持！”
24.协调/不协调;一致/不一致
If one thing isin keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing isout of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
e.g. His office was in keeping with his station and experience...
他的办公室与其身份和阅历相称。
e.g. In keeping with tradition, the Emperor and Empress did not attend the ceremony...
按照传统，皇帝和皇后未参加该仪式。
25.继续努力
If youkeep it up, you continue working or trying as hard as you have been in the past.
e.g. There are fears that he will not be able tokeep it up when he gets to the particularly demanding third year...
有人担心他到了要求极其严格的第3年时会坚持不下去。
e.g. You're doing a great job!Keep it up!
你们干得非常棒！继续好好干吧！
26.把…秘而不宣；不将…说出去
If youkeep somethingto yourself, you do not tell anyone else about it.
e.g. I have to tell someone. I can'tkeep it to myself...
我得找人说说。我心里憋不住。
e.g. There's one thing you can do for me. Butkeep it to yourself.
有件事你能帮我做。但你要保密。
27.离群索居；不与人来往
If youkeep yourself to yourself orkeep to yourself, you stay on your own most of the time and do not mix socially with other people.
keep是什么意思
e.g. He was a quiet man who kept himself to himself...
他是个喜欢安静、不爱与人来往的人。
e.g. Since she knows little Italian, she keeps to herself.
因为不怎么懂意大利语，她很少和人交往。
28. tokeep someone company -> see company
tokeep your end up -> see end
tokeep a straight face -> see face
tokeep your hand in -> see hand
tokeep your head -> see head
tokeep house -> see house
tokeep pace -> see pace
tokeep the peace -> see peace
tokeep a secret -> see secret
tokeep time -> see time
tokeep track -> see track
相关词组：keep backkeep downkeep in withkeep onkeep on aboutkeep on atkeep tokeep up
四、例句
He would keep in touch with us wherever he was.
他无论在什么地方,总是与我们保持联系。
Here's a five-pound note-- you can keep the change.
这是五镑的钞票－－零钱不用找了。
Progress is slow but we keep battling on.
进展虽慢
Where do you keep the detergent?
你把清洁剂放在哪儿了？
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it.
开店容易经营难。
Once you make a promise, you should keep it.
一旦做出承诺
She keeps the family on two hundred dollars a week.
她一个星期给家里200美元。
I have been keeping tropical fish for twenty years.
我已经养了20年的热带鱼了。
I'll only keep you a few minutes.
我只耽搁你几分钟。
Finish off the pie-it won't keep.
把馅饼都吃了吧—搁不住。
We're all keeping well.
我们都很健康。
She kept her past secret from us all.
她对我们所有人都避而不谈她的过去。
She kept a diary for over twenty years.
她记了二十多年的日记。
Once you make a promise, you should keep it.
一旦做出承诺
She wears a hat to keep the sun out of her eyes.
她戴上帽子遮阳，保护眼睛。
Paul earns his keep by helping his elderly landlord.
保罗靠帮助他年迈的房东干活来维持生计。
The furniture was in good keep.
这家具保存得很好。
五、常见句型
六、词汇搭配
七、词语用法
keep的相关近义词
last、stay、hold、maintain、preserve、retain、save、store、withhold
keep的相关反义词
keep的相关临近词
keeper、keen、keeps、Keepe、keeping、keep at、keepfit、keep on、keep in、keep to、keep up、keep by