在誰手上被守著
這一條最貼近核心畫面：東西真的在某個人手上，由他負責看著。
noun · C1
If something is in someone's keeping, that person is looking after it and guarding it for a time; it is in their care, and they are the one responsible for it.
由某人保管
核心畫面
Think of a hand closed around something, holding it steady so that it stays as it is. That is the noun made from keep. One way to see the word: what is held stays where it belongs — and a thing that is where it belongs also fits what is around it. So the same picture covers both being looked after by someone, and matching the things beside it.
「keeping」可以想成一隻手把東西握著、守著，讓它維持原來的樣子。這是動詞 keep 變成名詞之後留下的畫面。從…更多收起
「keeping」可以想成一隻手把東西握著、守著，讓它維持原來的樣子。這是動詞 keep 變成名詞之後留下的畫面。從這裡可以分出兩條線：東西被誰握在手上，就是由誰照顧；而東西待在該待的位置上，看起來就跟周圍對得起來。所以同一個畫面，一邊講「誰在保管」，一邊講「合不合得上」。要提醒的是，這個名詞幾乎不單獨出現，它總是活在 in keeping with、out of keeping with、in somebody's keeping 這幾個固定說法裡。Two branches
跟周圍合得起來嗎
可以想成把那隻手放大：不只一樣東西被守住，是一整組東西一起被維持在同一個調上。合得起來，就是 in keeping。
noun · B2
If one thing is in keeping with another, it matches it and fits it: it has the same style, spirit, or level as the things around it, so it does not look or feel out of place.
與…相符
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
keepingnoun/ˈkiːpɪŋ/
- 1
Conformity or harmony.
- The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.
- The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
- 2
Charge or care.
- His happiness is in his own keeping.
- 3
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
- The cattle have good keeping.
- The work of many hands, which earns my keeping
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。