英语词汇“to play keeps”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

7. for keeps: to keep, for good; hence, completely, altogether; also in extended use: in deadly earnest. colloquial (originally U.S.). To play (for) keeps: to play a defensive game in order to remain at the wicket. Originally Australian.

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1861 Ladies' Repository Oct. 627/1 Pay him! Nothing. He and I played for ‘keeps’, and I was the best player and won all his.

1871 Wright County Monitor (Clarion, Iowa) 29 Nov. Winter has at last come ‘for keeps’.

1882 F. Pardon Australians in Eng. 109 They don't ‘play for keeps’, as the Australians call it.

1886 Advance 9 Dec. (Farmer) We..promise not to play marbles for keeps, nor bet nor gamble in any way.

1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 79 She'll even set down the black bag to play for keeps wi' the boys at the bools.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 263 I'm coming into the business for keeps next fall.

1897 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 26 May 3/1 He is in the business for ‘keeps’, as they say in America.

1899 H. Frederic Market Place 195 I've got something the matter with me..I've got it for keeps.

1904 Daily Chron. 9 July 7/3 The last five batsmen are men who do not play ‘keeps’; if they are to make runs, they make them quickly.

1904 Daily Chron. 11 Aug. 7/2 This enabled Ranjitsinhji to play his proper game, after having been obliged to play ‘keeps’ for so long.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 Sept. 3/2 Any other batsman..would doubtless have played for ‘keeps’ and taken not the slightest risk.

1923 Cricketer Ann. 1922–3 90 To-day, the dominant feature of the game is the individual ‘playing for keeps’.

1926 H. Strudwick 25 Years behind Stumps 82 England batted all day for 221. ‘Playing for keeps’, one paper said.

1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xv. 253 Ten to one 'e'll lose 'im for keeps, now.

1949 D. Smith I capture Castle (U.K. ed.) iii. xii. 214 Maybe when I bring you back we shall find it's gone for keeps.

1970 G. E. Evans Where Beards wag All xix. 219 You played for keeps sometimes, in other words all the marbles you won became yours.

1972 D. Lees Zodiac 107 These bastards are playing for keeps... I'm in trouble.

1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder ix. 108 Everybody belonged to the rat race where people played for keeps.

单词	to play keeps
释义	> as lemmas To play (for) keeps 7. for keeps: to keep, for good; hence, completely, altogether; also in extended use: in deadly earnest. colloquial (originally U.S.). To play (for) keeps: to play a defensive game in order to remain at the wicket. Originally Australian. ΚΠ 1861 Ladies' Repository Oct. 627/1 Pay him! Nothing. He and I played for ‘keeps’, and I was the best player and won all his. 1871 Wright County Monitor (Clarion, Iowa) 29 Nov. Winter has at last come ‘for keeps’. 1882 F. Pardon Australians in Eng. 109 They don't ‘play for keeps’, as the Australians call it. 1886 Advance 9 Dec. (Farmer) We..promise not to play marbles for keeps, nor bet nor gamble in any way. 1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 79 She'll even set down the black bag to play for keeps wi' the boys at the bools. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 263 I'm coming into the business for keeps next fall. 1897 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 26 May 3/1 He is in the business for ‘keeps’, as they say in America. 1899 H. Frederic Market Place 195 I've got something the matter with me..I've got it for keeps. 1904 Daily Chron. 9 July 7/3 The last five batsmen are men who do not play ‘keeps’; if they are to make runs, they make them quickly. 1904 Daily Chron. 11 Aug. 7/2 This enabled Ranjitsinhji to play his proper game, after having been obliged to play ‘keeps’ for so long. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 Sept. 3/2 Any other batsman..would doubtless have played for ‘keeps’ and taken not the slightest risk. 1923 Cricketer Ann. 1922–3 90 To-day, the dominant feature of the game is the individual ‘playing for keeps’. 1926 H. Strudwick 25 Years behind Stumps 82 England batted all day for 221. ‘Playing for keeps’, one paper said. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xv. 253 Ten to one 'e'll lose 'im for keeps, now. 1949 D. Smith I capture Castle (U.K. ed.) iii. xii. 214 Maybe when I bring you back we shall find it's gone for keeps. 1970 G. E. Evans Where Beards wag All xix. 219 You played for keeps sometimes, in other words all the marbles you won became yours. 1972 D. Lees Zodiac 107 These bastards are playing for keeps... I'm in trouble. 1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder ix. 108 Everybody belonged to the rat race where people played for keeps. extracted from keepn. < as lemmas
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