| 单词 | to keep out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep out to keep out 1. transitive. To cause to remain without; to prevent from getting in. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] > keep or shut out loukc1275 speara1300 beshutc1330 forbarc1330 warn?a1366 to close outa1382 to shut outc1384 steeka1393 again-louka1400 to keep outc1425 outshutc1450 seclude1498 to stop outc1530 to hedge out1549 confine1577 to hold out1583 out-bar1590 debar1593 excommunicate1602 expel1604 immurec1616 c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 770 [He] Wold kepe out that other he shuld nat esyly entre. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xciiij The Sea brake in ouer the walles, that are made to kepe it out. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxxiv. 575 He teaches them how to paint the glass, that he may keep out the light. 1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 169 In order to keep out the rain. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 84 Locks..To keep out thieves at night. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 2 Keep her [a boat] out, Lizzie. Tide runs strong here. 2. Printing. To set type widely spaced. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] > space > set widely spaced to keep out1683 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 382 He Sets Wide, to Drive or Keep out. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 70 3. intransitive. To ‘stay outside’, hold aloof. ΚΠ 1914 H. H. Asquith in W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts (1926) 127 [As Mr. Asquith said in August, 1914], ‘if we had kept out we should have been left without a friend in the world.’ < as lemmas |
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