| 词汇 | well-kept |
| 释义 | well kept adjective uk /ˌwel ˈkept/ us /ˌwel ˈkept/ well keptadjective (TIDY)clean, tidy, and cared for: 干净整洁的;受到悉心照料的 [ before noun ]He was astonished to find nice streets and well-kept houses.他看到漂亮的街道和整洁的房屋后感到很惊讶。 Clean & tidy (as) clean as a (new) pinidiom apple pie asepsis aseptic be in apple-pie orderidiom clipped neatly neatness non-clogging non-polluting ordered spotlessly sprucely squeaky-clean stainless super-clean untarnished unwrinkled virginal virginally well keptadjective (HIDDEN)[ mainly before noun ] A well-kept secret has not been told or shown to anyone: （秘密）谨守的，严守的 The details of the new car were a well-kept secret.新车的详细情况仍然是严守的秘密。 Safe and secure airworthiness as safe as housesidiom biosafety bite clear of something harmlessness have/lead a sheltered lifeidiom health and safety impregnable impregnably nonexposed out of danger potable protected roadworthy unaffected unassailed unbruised unthreatening untouchable well-kept | American Dictionarywell-kept adjective us/ˈwelˈkept/ taken care of in a proper way that people notice: She lives in a neighborhood of well-kept lawns and relatively little crime. Examples of well keptwell kept How she manages to persuade, cajole, and terrorize colleagues to undertake reviews and, more importantly, to deliver them on time is a well-kept secret. Almost all of the houses are relatively small and of wood construction, and there is a striking absence of large, well-kept housing. On the walls around it were photographs of well-kept rice fields. Relatives who have been visiting the graves of their families for more than 50 years have complained that those well-kept cemeteries have now become wastelands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those services take place at thousands of well-kept memorials up and down this land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But now there are large well-kept forests, many of them with deer, and these are greatly appreciated by the local people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We went into rooms which were clean, neat and well-kept. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That ought to be examined, never mind examining whether houses are well-kept or not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What can we give people in any of the new towns that we cannot give them in these well-kept and well-built older towns? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Beautiful landscapes, well-kept villages, clean air, peace and quiet, good and healthy food, among other things, are the tourist industry’s real capital. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The great achievements of our services should not be a well-kept secret. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Also in the area there are many old and well-kept houses of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we all agree that a well-kept towpath on an attractive bank of the river is one of the most valuable amenities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A well-kept market garden is a very beautiful sight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He had been troubled with a deeply rutted road, for this road, obviously, did not come into the category of a well-kept road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of well kept These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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