vt.

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

   我一直保存著它，以此喚起我對你的記憶。

2. （一時）擁有；保管
   Please keep the watch for me while I go swimming.

   我去游泳，請代我保管這表。

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

   我們把食物存放在冰箱裡。

4. 使……保持在（某一狀態）[O][O4][O7][O8][O9]
   Those toys kept the children amused.

   那些玩具使孩子們玩得很開心。

   She kept the child quiet.

   她讓孩子別作聲。

5. 整理，料理
   Mother keeps the house.

   母親料理家務。

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

   每個人都必須守法。

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

   羅比沒法使孩子不大叫大嚷。

8. 記（日記，帳等）
   Mary keeps a diary.

   瑪麗天天記日記。

9. 撫養；飼養
   He needs more money to keep his wife and children.

   他需要更多的錢來撫養妻子兒女。

10. 僱用
    She keeps a maid.

    她僱一個女佣人。

11. 經營，開設（商店等）
    They kept a small hotel in the town.

    他們在城裡開了一家小旅店。

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

    他一直是我們隊的守門員。

13. 慶祝；守（宗教節日等）
    They keep Christmas as well as Spring Festival in their house.

    他們家既過春節，也過耶誕節。

vi.

1. 保持著某一狀態[Q][L]
   Please keep quiet.

   請保持安靜。

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

   這種食品在熱天能經久不壞嗎？

3. 繼續不斷[+v-ing]
   The child kept asking me questions.

   這孩子老是問我問題。

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

   對不起，打擾你了，可是這個問題急待處理。

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

   她在波士頓到底住在什麼地方，歷史上無人知曉。

n.

1. 生活費，生計[U]
2. 【史】要塞；堡壘中最強固的部分[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.