keep down

sesi kısmak, sessiz tutmak

Daha az gürültü yapmak veya bir sesin fazla yükselmesini önlemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make less noise or prevent a sound from becoming too loud.

• Please keep the noise down.
• We kept our voices down while the baby slept.
• Can you keep the music down tonight?

Nasıl kullanılır: keep something down (Please keep your voice down in the library.)

Eş anlamlılar: quieten, lower, reduce

Zıt anlamlılar: raise

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: keep down the noise, keep down the volume, keep something down

düşük tutmak, artmasını önlemek

Bir miktarın, sayının veya düzeyin artmasını önlemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To stop an amount, number, or level from increasing.

• We need to keep costs down.
• The medicine helped keep her temperature down.
• How can we keep down the number of accidents?

Nasıl kullanılır: keep something down (We share transport to keep our costs down.)

Eş anlamlılar: limit, control, restrain

Zıt anlamlılar: increase, raise

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: keep down the costs, keep down food prices, keep something down

kusmadan midede tutmak

Yiyecek veya içeceği kusmadan midede tutabilmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To hold food or drink in your stomach without bringing it back up through your mouth.

• I can't keep food down.
• He managed to keep down a little soup.
• Have you kept anything down since breakfast?

Nasıl kullanılır: keep something down (She could not keep even water down.)

Eş anlamlılar: retain

Zıt anlamlılar: vomit, throw up

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: keep down some food, keep down any water, keep something down

baskı altında tutmak, ezmek

İnsanların güç, özgürlük veya hayatlarını iyileştirme fırsatı kazanmasını engellemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To prevent people from gaining power, freedom, or the chance to improve their lives.

• The regime kept its opponents down.
• Unfair rules have kept these workers down for years.
• They used violence to keep down the opposition.

Nasıl kullanılır: keep someone down (The rulers used fear to keep the people down.)

Eş anlamlılar: oppress, suppress, repress

Zıt anlamlılar: liberate, empower

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: keep down the opposition, keep down the poor, keep someone down

yere yakın durmak, eğilmek

Görülmemek veya vurulmamak için yere yakın durmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To stay close to the ground so that you cannot easily be seen or hit.

• Keep down! They might see us.
• We kept down behind the rocks.
• The soldiers were told to keep down until the shooting stopped.

Nasıl kullanılır: keep down behind something (Keep down behind the wall until they pass.)

Eş anlamlılar: stay low, crouch down, duck

Zıt anlamlılar: stand up

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: keep down behind something, keep down and hide, keep down until dark