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单词 keep off
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keep off

phrasal verb transitive
Other entries for this word
keep your hands off phrase
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theykeep off
he/she/itkeeps off
present participlekeeping off
past tensekept off
past participlekept off
DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    (keep something off something) to not touch something, or to prevent something from touching something

    Keep the flies off the food.

    Keep your hands off! It’s mine.

    Synonyms and related words
    To stop holding or touching something
    release
    let go (of someone/something)
    take/get your hands off
  2. 2
    (keep off something) to not go onto a particular area of land

    Keep off the grass.

    keep someone/something off something:

    Dogs must be kept off the beach.

    Synonyms and related words
    To not act, or to not do something
    bother
    abstain
    neglect
  3. 3
    (keep off something) to avoid a particular type of food or drink

    I’m trying to keep off fatty foods.

    Synonyms and related words
    To avoid doing something, or to avoid something
    avoid
    get out of
    duck out of
    1. 3a
      to avoid mentioning a particular subject in a conversation
      keep someone off something:

      Keep him off politics, for goodness sake.

      Synonyms and related words
      To avoid doing something, or to avoid something
      avoid
      get out of
      duck out of
  4. 4
    ​Britishif rain or snow keeps off, it does not fall, although you expected it to
    Synonyms and related words
    Lack of rain
    drought
    dry
    the dry season

keep off

phrasal verb transitive
Other entries for this word
keep your hands off phrase
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theykeep off
he/she/itkeeps off
present participlekeeping off
past tensekept off
past participlekept off
DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    (keep something off something) to not touch something, or to prevent something from touching something

    Keep the flies off the food.

    Keep your hands off! It’s mine.

    Synonyms and related words
    To stop holding or touching something
    release
    let go (of someone/something)
    take/get your hands off
  2. 2
    (keep off something) to not go onto a particular area of land

    Keep off the grass.

    keep someone/something off something:

    Dogs must be kept off the beach.

    Synonyms and related words
    To not act, or to not do something
    bother
    abstain
    neglect
  3. 3
    (keep off something) to avoid a particular type of food or drink

    I’m trying to keep off fatty foods.

    Synonyms and related words
    To avoid doing something, or to avoid something
    avoid
    get out of
    duck out of
    1. 3a
      to avoid mentioning a particular subject in a conversation
      keep someone off something:

      Keep him off politics, for goodness sake.

      Synonyms and related words
      To avoid doing something, or to avoid something
      avoid
      get out of
      duck out of
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