| 单词 | to keep in repair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep (also put) in repair b. in repair: in good or proper condition; in order. Frequently in to keep (also put) in repair. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > in good condition well-repaireda1470 sufficient1473 in tone1513 in reparation (also reparations)1565 in repair1648 in good (fair, etc.) nick1890 on-form1965 on (full) song1967 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [verb (intransitive)] to keep (up) the reparation (also reparations)a1440 botch1537 to keep (also put) in repair1648 repair1820 to make do and mend1927 1648 N. Ward Mercurius Anti-mechanicus 10 All the Clock-smiths..are not able to put them [sc. clocks] in repair, till the..Cogges and Clappers be brought into a due subordination. 1654 Mercurius Politicus No. 201. 3421 Whereas in an Ordinance for better amending and keeping in repair the Highways within this Nation, it is ordained [etc.]. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iii. 35 I hope no-body will come this Way, till I put myself a little in Repair. 1742 Salkeld's Rep. Cases King's Bench (ed. 4) 2 719 (margin) Declaration by an Inhabitant of Littleport against the Proprietors of a Ferry-boat for not keeping it in repair. 1753 Scots Mag. Apr. 164/2 Provided that the city be obliged to uphold the..buildings in repair. 1827 D. Johnson Sketches Indian Field Sports (ed. 2) 4 A sum of money..for keeping the road in repair. 1886 Engineer 13 Aug. 138/1 The wages were paid to datallers for packing and putting the roads in repair. 1927 Geogr. Rev. 17 66 At the present time only one of these two wells is in repair. 1959 D. Hewett Bobbin Up (1961) vii. 86 Rents are that low I can't afford to keep the places in repair. 2000 Calif. Law Rev. 88 1867 The landlord had no duties to keep it in repair unless he assumed them expressly. < as lemmas |
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