keep time

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To measure time.
  2. To indicate the time correctly (of a timepiece).
    — How well does this old watch keep time?
  3. To make any regular rhythmical movements at the same time with others.
    — He couldn't carry a tune in a wheelbarrow, but he keeps time like a damn machine.
  4. To control the beat or rhythm of a song played by a music group.
    — Isn't one of the conductor's main jobs to keep time?
  5. To maintain a schedule set out in a timetable. (e.g. of a train)
    — We never had a chance even to attempt to keep time. An empty stock train from Stewarts Lane was given the road just ahead of us, and from Grosvenor Bridge to Herne Hill we had the signals against us all the way.

词形变化

keeps time present,singular,third-person keeping time participle,present kept time participle,past kept time past

词源

From Middle English time kepen, kepen time, etc.
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