The British pronunciation of keep is [ki? p]； The American pronunciation is [ki? p].
As a verb, the meaning is maintained; Booking; Continue; Storage; Management; Abide by; Supply; Take care of; Feeding; Delay; Prevent food from spoiling; What is the health status; Keep (secret @); Record; Abide by; Protect. As a noun, it means to have a livelihood; Save; Castle main building; Prison; Fence.
Related example: is it to? Keep doing it? Do what I can.
But to continue doing what I am doing as long as possible.
Extended data:
First, the word usage:
(verb)
1,, keep can be a transitive verb or an intransitive verb. When used as a transitive verb, a noun or pronoun can be used as an object (the infinitive of the verb cannot be used as an object) or as a double object, and its indirect object can be transformed into the object of the preposition for. When keep is used as an intransitive verb "save", the active structure often contains passive meaning.
2.keep can be followed by adjectives, adverbs, phrases, present participles (phrases) and past participles (phrases) as compound objects of object complements, but it cannot be followed by compound objects with infinitives.
Second, phrase discrimination
Keep moving, keep moving.
These two phrases have the same meaning, and they are usually interchangeable when they mean actions that occur regularly. The only difference is:
1, v -ing in keep v -ing is a participle as a predicative, and v -ing in keep on v -ing is a gerund as an object.
2.keep v -ing emphasizes the continuity and objectivity of actions; Keep on v -ing, on the other hand, emphasizes the repetition of actions or the determination of performers, which often contains certain emotional color.
3.keep v -ing can also indicate a continuous state or action, but keep on v -ing has no such usage.