【keep音标】 英[ki:p] 美[ki:p]
【单词释义】 keep是什么意思：
vt.保持；保留；遵守；阻止；继续，重复(做某事)
vi.（食品）保持新；保持健康
n.保持，保养；供养，抚养；生活，生计；饲料；牧草
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] keeps [第三人称单数] keeps
[单词现在分词] keeping
[单词过去式] kept
[单词过去分词] kept
【keep形近词/近似词】
seep vi.（液体）渗；渗透；渗漏
weep v.哭泣；流泪 n.哭泣
deep adj.深的 adv.深深地
creep v.爬行，匍匐；缓慢地行进 n.讨厌的人，献媚者
peep n.偷偷一瞥；说话，出声音；吱吱声，唧唧声 v.窥视，偷看；（小鸟等）唧唧地叫
jeep n.吉普车
【常用短语】
keep a diary 记日记
keep a promise 信守承诺
keep away 防范；不接近
keep back 留存；保留；隐瞒；保密
keep in 隐瞒，隐藏；抑制；继续燃烧
keep on 重复；继续
keep to 遵守；履行
keep up 保持；继续；不低落；不落后
keep up with 赶得上；和…保持联系
【近义词解析】
◇ 继续
continue (v. 继续)：指持续而不停止，也可指中断后又继续下去。
go on (phr. v. 继续，持续)：指不停顿地继续下去；go on doing sth 表示继续干同一件事，而 go on to do sth 则表示干完一件事后接着干另一件事。
keep (v. 继续)：指继续做之前所做的某事或重复做同一件事。
resume (v. 继续)：指中断后继续进行。
【单词例句】
◇ She had drawn her little feet under her, but she could not keep off the cold;
她把一双小脚卷缩到身下，可还是不觉得暖和。
◇ Brushing your teeth effectively lowers your chances of getting a host of chronic diseases, as well as keeping your teeth and gums healthy. But the majority of us are doing it wrong.
有效刷牙可以大大降低患上多种慢性疾病的风险，同时也能保持牙齿和牙龈的健康。但我们大多数人刷牙的方式都是错误的。
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ Go out into the woods with your eleven brothers. One of you should climb the highest tree that you can find. Keep watch there and look toward the castle tower.
你和十一个哥哥逃到森林里去吧！你们要时刻派人在能找到的最高的树上放哨，注视城堡里的高塔。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ "Then, my daughter," said the king, "you must keep your promise. Go and let him in at once."
国王说：“既然如此，女儿，你必须信守你的诺言。立刻让它进来。”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ He lived in a Catholic district. Taking in a small percentage of Pakistani immigrants, the majority of the residents were from Italy and Denmark, who all kept up their customs and cultures. Different blocks here were distinctly marked out and indicated from the racial angle.
他住的地方是一个天主教区，除了包括一小部分（百分比）的巴基斯坦移民，大部分的居民都来自于意大利和丹麦，他们都保持着自己的风俗和文化，使这里的街区都从种族的角度清楚地划出界线，明确标示。
---- Immigrate to America
◇ As far as Nannan was concerned, she always kept it up in China. But she had to acknowledge it was not easy to adjust herself to the new academic requirements, which were not parallel with China's.
就楠楠而言，她在国内一直保持着良好的状态，但是在国外，她却不得不承认，要适应新学院的要求不容易，它们和国内的要求不相同。
---- Study in America
◇ Lacking food and tablets, we were nervous and uncertain at first. But we all kept optimistic and made good adjustment to the situation.
因为缺少食品和药品，我们一开始都又紧张又心里没底，但是我们都保持乐观，做好调整适应这一新境况。
---- An Air Crash
◇ He planted super grain of rich nutrition and equipped himself to keep his crops roots free from bacteria and pests. He also enriched minerals in the soil while reducing chemical fertilizers.
他种植营养丰富的超级谷物，添置设备以使作物的根部免受细菌害虫的伤害；他还增加土壤所含的矿物质，同时减少化学肥料的使用。
---- A New Farming Way
◇ "Mercy!" cried Karen. But she did not hear the angel's reply, for the shoes carried her through the gate into the fields, across roads and bridges, and she must keep ever dancing.
"请饶了我吧！"珈伦叫起来。不过她没有听到安琪儿的回答，因为这双鞋把她带出门，到田野上去了，带到大路上和小路上去了。她得不停地跳舞。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ In 1956, he visited Africa, his birthplace. One day, when he was wandering on the pavement near the bay enjoying the sea scenes, he lost his money and passport that he kept in an envelope. So he went to the embassy to seek help, but the ambassador with rude manners didn’t permit his staff to help though he bowed to him.
1956年，他回到他的出生地非洲。有一天，当他在海湾边的人行道上漫步欣赏海景时，他丢失了一个装着钱和护照的信封，于是向当地的大使馆寻求帮助。但是大使态度非常粗鲁，即使向他鞠躬，也不允许他的职员帮忙。
---- Sailing Home