carry onverb詞源 1/ˈkæɹi ˈɑn/

• 1

  To continue or proceed as before.

  • I’ll be gone for a few days, but I hope you will carry on in my absence.
• 2

  To continue, maintain or pursue (an activity or enterprise).

  • to carry on commerce in a market
  • Carry on the good work.
• 3

  To persist, persevere.

  • Near-synonyms: keep on, hang in, hang on, keep on keeping on
  • keep calm and carry on
• 4

  To talk continuously or prolongedly (about something), often in an excessively excited way.

  • Near-synonym: go on
  • He’s always carrying on about his stupid aquarium.
• 5

  To act or behave; especially, to misbehave so as to attract attention; to make a fuss; to behave ostentatiously.

  • I really wish you wouldn't carry on like that in public!
  • I could hear some protestors hollering, but I wasn't close enough to make out what was happening. What were they carrying on about?
• 6

  To have an illicit sexual or flirtatious relationship.

  • I thought he was my friend, but all the time he was carrying on with my wife!

carry onverb詞源 2/ˈkæɹi ˈɑn/

• 1

  To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.

  • You may only carry on items that are smaller than a certain size.
  • You may carry them on if they fit within the limits.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• carry-on