| 单词 | keep to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep to to keep to Nautical. transitive. To cause (a ship) to sail close to the wind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > keep ship close to wind to keep to1692 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 76 In keeping the Ship near the Wind, these terms are used..keep her to, touch the Wind. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Keep your loof or Keep her to. to keep to —— to keep to —— 1. To adhere to, stick to, abide by (a promise, agreement, etc.); to continue to maintain or observe. Also with indirect passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > observe [verb (transitive)] > continue to observe to keep to ——1625 1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 24 He must keepe to his Rule, or hee damnably sinneth. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 518 Not finding the Governour keep to his agreement with me. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic i. i If they had kept to that, I should not have been such an enemy to the stage. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 104 I will keep to my resolution. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 15 511/2 The author has kept very closely to the historical facts. 1901 N.E.D. at Keep Mod. I hope the plan will be kept to. 2. To confine or restrict oneself to. to keep to oneself, also (colloquial) to keep oneself to oneself, to avoid the society of others. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > to something tinec1430 naila1522 conclude1548 astrict1588 to keep to ——1698 pin1718 thirl1864 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > lack of social communications or relations [verb (intransitive)] to keep quarterc1550 uncompane1589 to have nothing to say to (also with)1603 to live in (also within) oneself1644 to keep oneself to oneself1748 to fight shy1778 to cultivate one's (own) garden1789 to hoe one's own row1832 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit to something [verb (reflexive)] confine1646 to keep to ——1748 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 174 He is married to Four Wives, to whom he keeps religiously. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 129. ¶1 Did they keep to one constant Dress they would sometimes be in the Fashion. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. v. 27 I was resolved to keep myself to myself till I knew the issue of it. 1788 W. Blane Acct. Hunting Excurs. 17 They generally keep to the thick forests where it is impossible to follow them. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xv. 327 We had much better keep to the road. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 45 The divil a rap but that had bin her own, if she'd bin after keeping hersilf to hersilf. 1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain iii. ix. 374 What can I have done better than keep myself to myself, go by my best reason, consult the friends whom I happened to find around me, as I have done, and wait in patience till I was sure of my convictions? 1881 G. M. Craik Sydney III. ii. 44 He had merely to keep to the sofa for two or three days. 1889 J. Masterman Scotts of Bestminster I. iv. 142 Content with each other, they kept to themselves. 1891 Sat. Rev. 18 Apr. 483/1 She shall keep to her room and he will keep to his. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps i. i. 7 They ‘kept themselves to themselves’, according to the English ideal. 1960 ‘H. Carmichael’ Seeds of Hate iv. 37 My husband and I like to keep ourselves to ourselves. We haven't got many friends. 1960 D. Lessing In Pursuit of Eng. iv. 158 She keeps herself to herself so much. 1973 J. Porter It's Murder with Dover ii. 17 Miss Marsh has always been one for keeping herself to herself. < as lemmas |
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