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单词 keep something down
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keepsomethingdown

phrasal verbwithkeepverb
uk
/kiːp/us
/kiːp/
kept|kept

(FOOD)

to beabletoeatordrinksomething withoutvomiting:
On thedayafter heroperationshe couldn'tkeepanything down.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Vomiting & feelings of sickness
  • airsickness
  • bring
  • bringsomeoneup
  • carsickness
  • chunder
  • disgorge
  • motion sick
  • nausea
  • nauseating
  • regurgitate
  • retch
  • sick toyourstomachidiom
  • sickeningly
  • sickness
  • spew
  • spew(something)up
  • spit(something)up
  • stomach flu
  • travel sickness
  • vomit
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(SIZE)

B2
tocontrolthesizeornumberof something andpreventit fromincreasing:
We need toworkhard tokeepourpricesdown.
I'm going tosleep, so will youtrytokeepthenoisedown?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Limiting and restricting
  • anti-libertarian
  • boundary
  • boxsomeone/somethingin
  • chain
  • chainsomeonetosomething
  • cramp
  • crowd
  • curb
  • curtail
  • curtailment
  • damage limitation
  • hamstring
  • limit
  • limitation
  • limiting
  • localize
  • non-exempt
  • straitjacket
  • tempered
  • tiesomeonedown
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keepsomeonedown

phrasal verbwithkeepverb
uk
/kiːp/us
/kiːp/
kept|kept
topreventapersonorgroupofpeoplefrom having anypowerorfreedom:
It's allpartof aconspiracytokeepwomen down.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making less strong
  • abate
  • abatement
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • adulteration
  • decline
  • emasculation
  • enervate
  • enervating
  • enfeeble
  • enfeebled
  • fade
  • melt
  • relieve
  • sink
  • tottering
  • turn to jellyidiom
  • wane
  • waste away
  • watersomethingdown
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(Definition ofkeep something downfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

keep down something| American Dictionary

keep downsomething

phrasal verbwithkeepverb
us
/kip/
past tense and past participlekeptus/kept/

(STOP INCREASING)

topreventsomething fromincreasing:
We need to keep downourcosts.

keep downsomething

phrasal verbwithkeepverb
us
/kip/
past tense and past participlekeptus/kept/

(NOT VOMIT)

topreventsomethingeatenfrom beingvomitedup:
After theoperationI couldn’t keep myfooddown.
(Definition ofkeep down somethingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

keep sth down| Business English

keep sth down

phrasal verbwithkeepverb
uk
/kiːp/us
kept|kept
tocontrolthesizeornumberof something andpreventit fromincreasing:
To have anychanceagainst thecompetition, we need tokeepourpricesdown.
(Definition ofkeep sth downfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/keep-down##
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