A kept man is a man who is financially supported by a wealthy, usually older, person who is either the man's spouse or close relative. Men may be kept by either a woman or by another man.
双语例句
1
Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going.
科普勒直到那天早上宣布哪两个人要走之前让他所有的手下心悬在空中。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2
One of the menkept guard , while the other broke into the house.
一人放哨，另一人则闯进了房子里。
《牛津词典》
3
Our educated men then kept at arms' length both the language and thought of their native land.