英和和英

発音

• enPR: kēp kāʹvē, IPA^(key): /kiːp ˈkeɪvi/

動詞

keep cave (三人称単数 現在形 keeps cave, 現在分詞 keeping cave, 過去形および過去分詞形 kept cave)

1. (Britain, school スラング) To maintain vigilance.
   • 1989, Kipling, Rudyard, “An Unsavoury Interlude”, in Stalky & Co.:

     I vote we go down and explore. No one will come up this time o' day. We needn't keep cavé.

   • 1911, Hamilton, Cosmo, “Why Cupid Came to Earl's Court”, in Short Plays for Small Stages^[1], page 9:

     I'll keep cave for ten minutes.

   • 1912, Turner, Ethel, Seven Little Australians^[2], page 154:

     Pip was mounting guard at the shed, and had undertaken to get Judy safely away, and Bunty had been stationed on the back verandah to keep cave and whistle three times if there was any danger.

同意語

• keep a lookout, keep watch