| 单词 | keep on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep on to keep on 1. transitive. To maintain or retain in an existing condition or relation; to continue to hold, occupy, employ, entertain, or display. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > maintain [verb (transitive)] i-haldOE sustainc1300 keepc1315 maintainc1390 conservea1425 continuec1460 entertain1490 persevere1502 uphold?1523 containa1538 petrifya1631 conservate1647 to keep on1669 to keep up1670 preserve1677 support1696 fix1712 ossify1800 fossilize1848 1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 439 Till the end of the quarter..her family should be kept on. 1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 i. 10 If young, they are sometimes kept on for another season, and sent to fold. 1889 A. Sergeant Esther Denison I. i. xi. 138 Bingley asked him awkwardly whether he meant to ‘keep on the house’. 1890 Mrs. H. Wood House of Halliwell II. viii. 213 Let me reproach him as I will, he keeps on that provoking meekness. 2. To keep (a fire, etc.) going continuously. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > make a fire > keep fire going foster?c1225 stove1590 to keep in1659 to keep up1840 to keep on1891 1891 Rev. of Reviews 15 Sept. 287/2 When a fire is needed to be kept on all night. 3. intransitive. To continue or persist in a course or action; to go on with something. Now frequently with present participle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] to hold a wayOE to hold forthc1200 to hold ona1225 reignc1300 lasta1325 continuea1340 to continue doing or to doc1384 pursuea1425 perseverec1425 to hold one's wayc1480 prosecute1528 to go on1533 to run on1533 keep1548 to follow on1560 insist1586 to keep on1589 to carry on1832 to carry on1857 string1869 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iii. 57 In this maner doth the Greeke dactilus begin slowly and keepe on swifter till th' end. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 458 The Ponticke Sea, Whose Icie Current..keepes due on To the Proponticke. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 255 We kept on all Night. 1856 Titan Mag. Dec. 516/1 ‘We shall never come across each other again’, she kept on saying to herself. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxii. 224 Strike quick, strike hard, and keep on striking. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > types of to cover (one's head)c1340 scrub1590 wimple1591 sag1592 to go thina1610 to be covered1611 rustlea1616 to keep on1621 veil1714 to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834 smock-frock1840 pad1873 tighten1896 tight-lace1898 1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 314 They..keep on of all sides..counting it an opprobrious thing to see any men vncouer his head. 5. To remain fixed or attached; to stay on. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > be or become attached or affixed [verb (intransitive)] > remain attached sticka1350 steekc1390 holdc1400 hang1639 stay1684 to keep on1892 1892 Cassell's Family Mag. July 469/2 [His] buttons never keep on. to keep on c. colloquial. to be on about: to keep talking about, to harp on, to speak or write about (a subject). to be on at (also to be on to): to nag or berate (a person). to keep on: to persist in speaking or questioning, to nag at a person. to go on about: see to go on 5b at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. to go on at: see to go on 5b at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)] gremec893 grillc897 teenOE mispay?c1225 agrillec1275 oftenec1275 tarya1300 tarc1300 atenec1320 enchafec1374 to-tarc1384 stingc1386 chafe?a1400 pokec1400 irec1420 ertc1440 rehete1447 nettlec1450 bog1546 tickle1548 touch1581 urge1593 aggravate1598 irritate1598 dishumour1600 to wind up1602 to pick at ——1603 outhumour1607 vex1625 bloody1633 efferate1653 rankle1659 spleen1689 splenetize1700 rile1724 roil1742 to put out1796 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 roughen1837 acerbate1845 to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846 nag1849 to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859 frump1862 rattle1865 to set up any one's bristles1873 urticate1873 needle1874 draw1876 to rough up1877 to stick pins into1879 to get on ——1880 to make (someone) tiredc1883 razoo1890 to get under a person's skin1896 to get a person's goat1905 to be on at1907 to get a person's nanny1909 cag1919 to get a person's nanny-goat1928 cagmag1932 peeve1934 tick-off1934 to get on a person's tits1945 to piss off1946 bug1947 to get up a person's nose1951 tee1955 bum1970 tick1975 the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > expressing relation in mapping [preposition] to be on about1907 into1949 the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (intransitive)] > dwell on something to harp upon, on (of), a, one, the same (etc.) string?1531 to sing the same (or one) song1551 chant1572 ding1582 to go on1863 to keep on1907 riff1952 the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] > dwell upon or harp on about to be on about1907 the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [adjective] > having specific correspondence > of mapping into or onto to be on about1907 on to1942 into1949 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain about [verb (transitive)] > irritate with nag1849 to be on at1907 cagmag1932 niggle1997 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > behave like shrew [verb (transitive)] > nag or scold (a person) to be on at1907 1907 N.E.D. at Ply v.2 To keep on at (a person) with questions, petitions, arguments, etc. a1909 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree (1912) ii. ii. 72 And there's this here man never letting us have a bit o' peace; but keeping on about being good and upright till 'tis carried to such a pitch as I never see the like afore nor since! 1909 Westm. Gaz. 22 Sept. 8/2 Yesterday morning complainant was ‘on’ to him again about his religion. 1936 R. Lehmann Weather in Streets viii. 348 Marda's always asking me why I don't get a divorce... Last year she was always on about it. 1966 Listener 22 Dec. 939/1 A reflection that brings us back to atmosphere and art forms, which I was on about some weeks ago. 1980 B. Pym Few Green Leaves (1981) xxiv. 176 Miss Lee had been on at him to get in touch with the people who were supposed to be looking after it. 2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze vii. 70 You keep on at me about this any longer and it's no. < as lemmas |
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