keeper

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkiːpə/    美 /ˈkiːpɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who keeps (retains) something.
    — Finders keepers; losers weepers.
  2. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
    — discreet; chaste; keepers at home
  3. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
    — Roxbury Russet: Market and keeper.
  4. A person or thing worth keeping. informal
    — "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.
  5. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
    — And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
  6. The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.
    — England should have capitalised on their growing momentum to win, but Darren Bent failed to reproduce the finishing touches that have brought him goals in three successive appearances. He was blocked by Diego Benaglio when he was played in by Wilshere then blazed over the top of an open goal late on after Young's shot was saved by Switzerland's keeper.
  7. At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.
  8. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
  9. A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
    — The all-whalebone crop, braided with gut, pigskin handle, single brown stitched leather keeper, and close[…]
  10. An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
  11. Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”).
    — The continuous lines indicate the moments, when the magnet and keeper of equal diameter (10.5mm) act upon each other […]

词形变化

keepers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
account-keeper alehouse keeper alekeeper barkeeper bar-keeper bathkeeper beachkeeper beastkeeper beekeeper birdkeeper boatkeeper book-keeper bookkeeper boxkeeper bridgekeeper brothel-keeper brothelkeeper bus-keeper butter keeper casekeeper closet-keeper cowkeeper crossing keeper crowkeeper deer-keeper divekeeper doorkeeper door-keeper dramshopkeeper dungeon-keeper firekeeper fishkeeper flamekeeper forestkeeper gamekeeper game keeper gaolkeeper gatekeeper goal keeper goalkeeper goatkeeper gravekeeper green keeper greenkeeper greenskeeper groundkeeper groundskeeper hangarkeeper harem-keeper homekeeper hookkeeper horsekeeper hotelkeeper housekeeper house keeper hutkeeper innkeeper jailkeeper keeperess keeperless keeper of the flame keepership keykeeper lampkeeper lettuce keeper lighthousekeeper lighthouse keeper lightkeeper lionkeeper lockkeeper lodgekeeper menagerie keeper netkeeper nit-keeper parkkeeper park-keeper peacekeeper penkeeper petkeeper poundkeeper pubkeeper rangekeeper record keeper ring-keeper ringkeeper riverkeeper roomkeeper Sabbath-keeper salad keeper saloonkeeper schoolkeeper scorekeeper seal keeper shanty-keeper shopkeeper shop keeper stablekeeper stallkeeper steeple keeper stockkeeper storekeeper sweeper-keeper switch keeper tally-keeper tavernkeeper time-keeper timekeeper tollkeeper underkeeper watchkeeper waterkeeper wicket-keeper wicketkeeper wicket keeper zookeeper

词源

From Middle English kepere. By surface analysis, keep + -er.
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