vt.

1. （长期或永久）持有，保有
   I kept it all the time to remind me of you.

   我一直保存着它，以此唤起我对你的记忆。

2. （一时）拥有；保管
   Please keep the watch for me while I go swimming.

   我去游泳，请代我保管这表。

3. 存放，保留，保存
   We keep food in a refrigerator.

   我们把食物存放在冰箱里。

4. 使……保持在（某一状态）[O][O4][O7][O8][O9]
   Those toys kept the children amused.

   那些玩具使孩子们玩得很开心。

   She kept the child quiet.

   她让孩子别作声。

5. 整理，料理
   Mother keeps the house.

   母亲料理家务。

6. 履行；遵守；保守
   Everyone must keep the law.

   每个人都必须守法。

7. 阻止，妨碍；控制住[（+from）]
   Robbie couldn't keep the child from yelling.

   罗比没法使孩子不大叫大嚷。

8. 记（日记、帐等）
   Mary keeps a diary.

   玛丽天天记日记。

9. 抚养；饲养
   He needs more money to keep his wife and children.

   他需要更多的钱来抚养妻子儿女。

10. 雇用
    She keeps a maid.

    她雇一个女佣人。

11. 经营，开设（商店等）
    They kept a small hotel in the town.

    他们在城里开了一家小旅店。

12. 守卫；看守[（+from）]
    He has kept goal for our team.

    他一直是我们队的守门员。

13. 庆祝；守（宗教节日等）
    They keep Christmas as well as Spring Festival in their house.

    他们家既过春节，也过圣诞节。

vi.

1. 保持着某一状态[Q][L]
   Please keep quiet.

   请保持安静。

2. （食物）保持不坏
   Will this food keep in hot weather?

   这种食品在热天能经久不坏吗？

3. 继续不断[+v-ing]
   The child kept asking me questions.

   这孩子老是问我问题。

4. 搁，拖
   Sorry to disturb you, but this problem won't keep.

   对不起，打扰你了，可是这个问题急待处理。

5. 【口】居住，逗留
   Just where she kept in Boston is unknown to history.

   她在波士顿到底住在什么地方，历史上无人知晓。

n.

1. 生活费，生计[U]
2. 【史】要塞；堡垒中最强固的部分[C]

v.

1. have or retain possession of.
   ▸retain or reserve for use in the future.
   ▸put or store in a regular place.
   ▸(of a perishable commodity) remain in good condition.
2. continue or cause to continue in a specified condition, position, or activity:
   keep away from the edge
   she kept quiet about it.
3. provide for the sustenance of.
   ▸own and look after (an animal).
   ▸ [as adj. kept] supported financially in return for sexual favours.
4. delay or detain; cause to be late.
5. honour or fulfil (a commitment or undertaking).
   ▸observe or pay due regard to (a law, custom, or religious occasion).
6. regularly make entries in (a diary).
   ▸write down as (a record):

   keep a note of each item.

n.

1. food, clothes, and other essentials for living.
2. archaic charge; control.
3. the strongest or central tower of a castle.