英语词汇“keep house”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Confinement, under guard, to one's house, or to a hospital, etc instead of imprisonment

Confined to one's house, eg because of illness, responsibilities towards young children, etc

A visit made by a professional person, esp a doctor, to a client or patient at home

A group of Christians meeting, usu in a house, for worship, prayer, Bible study, etc, usu in addition to Sunday church worship

The two cavalry regiments, the Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards, responsible for guarding the British sovereign

Guards regiments whose particular duty is to attend the sovereign and defend the metropolis

A married man or live-in male partner who looks after the house and family and does not have a paid job

A plant (Sempervivum tectorum) of the stonecrop family with succulent leaves, often growing on roofs

An inflammation of the sac between the kneecap and the skin, to which those whose work involves frequent kneeling are especially liable

A kind of black-and-white swallow (Delichon urbica) with a slightly forked tail, often building its nest on a house wall

(in schools) the male or female head of a (boarding-)house, esp in connection with a public school

(also with cap) a type of electronically produced dance music with a strong 4–4 beat, often incorporating edited fragments of other recordings

A company of guests spending some days in a private house, esp one in the country

Taking a pride (often an excessive and fussy pride) in the condition of one's house

The particular forms of type, layout, presentation, etc preferred by a publisher or other business

A game in which numbers are drawn at random and marked off on players' boards until one is clear (now usu called bingo)

A non-profit-making organization that owns, maintains and lets houses at reasonable rents

The higher branch of the Court of Session, its jurisdiction chiefly appellate (Outer House the lower branch of the Court of Session)

keep house

To maintain or manage an establishment

keep open house

To give entertainment to all comers

keep the house

To remain indoors
To take charge of the house or be on watch for the time being
To be confined to the house

like a house on fire (or afire)

With astonishing rapidity
Very well or successfully

on the house

(of drinks) at the publican's expense
Free, with no charge

put or set one's house in order

To settle one's affairs

set up house

To start a domestic life of one's own

the Household

The royal domestic establishment

keep /kēp/

transitive verb (keepˈing; kept /kept/)

To tend, look after
To have or take care or charge of
To guard
To maintain
To manage, conduct, run
To attend to the making of records in
To retain
To retain as one's own
To have in one's custody
To store customarily in a specified place
To have habitually in stock for sale
To support financially, or otherwise supply with necessaries
To have in one's service
To remain in or on (a place or position)
To adhere to
To associate with
To continue to follow or hold to
To continue to make
To maintain a hold on or of
To restrain from leaving, to hold back
To prevent
To reserve or withhold
Not to divulge (a secret)
To be faithful to (a promise)
To preserve or cause to remain in a certain state
To observe, celebrate
To conform to the requirements of, to fulfil

intransitive verb

To remain
To continue to be or go
To be or remain in a specified condition
To remain fresh or good
To last or endure
To be capable of being reserved
To continue
To lodge or reside (Cambridge University and US)
To refrain
To confine or restrict oneself
To keep wicket

noun

Something kept, one's charge (Spenser)
Something that keeps, contains or protects
Food, means of subsistence, board
The innermost and strongest part of a castle, the central tower
A stronghold

ORIGIN: OE cēpan

keepˈable adjective

keepˈer noun

Someone who or something that keeps, in any sense
An attendant in charge of animals in captivity
A custodian of a museum or gallery
A prison guard
A gamekeeper
The title of certain officials, such as Lord Keeper (of the Great Seal), whose office since 1757 has been merged in that of Lord Chancellor
A wicketkeeper
A goalkeeper
A man who keeps a mistress (obsolete)
The socket that receives the bolt of a lock
The armature of a magnet
A guard ring
(informal, chiefly US) a person or thing worth holding on to

keepˈerless adjective

keepˈership noun

The office of a keeper

keepˈing noun

Care, custody, charge
Preservation
Reservation
Retention
Observance, compliance
Just proportion
Harmonious consistency
Maintenance of, or as, a mistress
Maintenance, support (Shakespeare)

keep fit noun

A programme of physical exercises designed to keep the muscles, circulation and respiratory system in good condition

keep-fitˈ adjective

keepˈing-room noun (dialect)

A sitting room, parlour

keepˈnet noun

A cone-shaped net suspended in a river, etc, in which fish caught by anglers can be kept alive

keepˈsake noun

Something given, or kept, as a reminder of the giver, or a certain event, time, etc
An annual gift-book (such as The Keepsake itself, 1827–56)

adjective

(also keepˈsaky) vapidly pretty

keepˈy-uppˈy noun

The feat of keeping a football from touching the ground by repeatedly flicking it upwards using the foot, knee or head

kept man or (fem) kept woman noun

A man or woman maintained financially by a romantic or sexual partner

for keeps

For good
Permanently
With serious intent

how are you keeping?

How are you?

in keeping with

In accord with, suitable to

keep an act

Formerly, to hold an academic debate

keep at

To persist in (anything)
To nag, badger (someone to do something) (informal)

keep a term see under term

keep back

To withhold
To keep down, repress

keep body and soul together

To stay alive

keep cave, company and counsel see under cave², etc.

keep down

To remain low or out of sight
To restrain, repress
To retain (food) in the stomach, not to vomit
To set in lower-case type, avoiding capitals

keep from

To abstain from
To remain away from

keep good hours see under hour

keep house see under house

keep in

To prevent from escaping
To confine in school after school hours
To conceal
To restrain

keep in with

To maintain the confidence or friendship of

keep off

To hinder or prevent from approaching or making an attack, etc
To stay away or refrain from
(of rain, etc) not to start

keep on

To continue
To retain, continue to employ

keep on about

To continue talking about

keep on at (informal)

To nag, badger

keep one's breath to cool one's porridge

To hold one's peace when further talk is clearly in vain

keep one's countenance

To avoid showing one's emotions

keep one's distance see under distance

keep (oneself) to oneself

To avoid the company of others

keep one's eye on see under eye¹

keep one's hand in

To retain one's skill by practice

keep one's head down

To avoid attracting attention to oneself

keep one's mind on

To concentrate on

keep one's powder dry see under powder

keep out

To remain outside
To exclude

keep someone going in something

To keep someone supplied with something

keep tabs on

To keep a check on, to keep account of

keep the peace see under peace

keep time

To observe rhythm accurately, or along with others
(of a clock or watch) to go accurately

keep to

To stick closely to
To confine oneself to

keep under

To hold down in restraint

keep up

To retain (one's strength or spirit)
To support, prevent from falling
To continue, to prevent from ceasing
To maintain in good condition
To continue to be in touch (with)
To keep pace (with)
To stop, stay (obsolete)

keep up with the Joneses

To keep on an equal social footing with one's neighbours, eg by having possessions of the same quality in the same quantity

keep wicket

To act as a wicketkeeper

house /hows/

keep /kēp/