keep time

1 to show the rhythm and speed that a piece of music should be played at to a group of musicians, using your hands 〔用手〕打着节拍

Examples from the Corpus

keep/beat time• The lord began to tap his foot and beat time with his hand against his thigh.• At one stage, he joined her, pacing with her, beating time with one hand.• In employment systems, after all, people are not mustered to play together as their manager beats time.• It is not true that elsewhere they obey it without beating it, since one beats time wherever choruses are sung.• It starts lean and mean, just a slash of overdriven guitar with tambourine keeping time.• Tidy time keep time on your side and all your bills in order with this hand clip clock.• They are likened by Leibniz to a series of clocks that manage to keep time without being connected.• They were often unable to keep time to within fifteen minutes a day and were frequently out of order.

→ keep/beat time at time1(37)

2 if a clock keeps good time, it always shows the correct time 〔钟表〕走得很准

Examples from the Corpus

keep perfect/good etc time• Nothing unusual - clocks behaving as before, keeping good time and continuing to emit their light beams.• Running in a clump through a crowded station, like the Bash Street Kids, keeping perfect time with chant and clap.• But like a single gear in a mechanical clock, timeless can not keep good time all by itself.

→ keep perfect/good etc time at time1(38)

单词	keep time
释义	keep time keep time 1 to show the rhythm and speed that a piece of music should be played at to a group of musicians, using your hands 〔用手〕打着节拍 Examples from the Corpus keep/beat time• The lord began to tap his foot and beat time with his hand against his thigh.• At one stage, he joined her, pacing with her, beating time with one hand.• In employment systems, after all, people are not mustered to play together as their manager beats time.• It is not true that elsewhere they obey it without beating it, since one beats time wherever choruses are sung.• It starts lean and mean, just a slash of overdriven guitar with tambourine keeping time.• Tidy time keep time on your side and all your bills in order with this hand clip clock.• They are likened by Leibniz to a series of clocks that manage to keep time without being connected.• They were often unable to keep time to within fifteen minutes a day and were frequently out of order. → keep/beat time at time1(37) 2 if a clock keeps good time, it always shows the correct time 〔钟表〕走得很准 Examples from the Corpus keep perfect/good etc time• Nothing unusual - clocks behaving as before, keeping good time and continuing to emit their light beams.• Running in a clump through a crowded station, like the Bash Street Kids, keeping perfect time with chant and clap.• But like a single gear in a mechanical clock, timeless can not keep good time all by itself. → keep perfect/good etc time at time1(38)
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