Definition of dart in English:

dart

noun dɑːtdɑrt

1A small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired.
镖
the classroom was littered with paper darts
she shot the animal with a tranquillizing dart
Example sentencesExamples
- He says the dart pierces the skin like a ‘bee sting’ and anybody shot will be brought to hospital.
- If a dart pierces human skin and faecal matter gets into the target's bloodstream, there can be serious health consequences.
- One drew a small blowgun and fired small, poisoned darts at them.
- He didn't say anymore after that as in the next second, Yori blew her dart, the needle piercing the side of my neck.
- The dart raced through the long chamber and barrel and plunged into Soor's chest, right in the middle of his ribcage.
- William gasped as the dart pierced his shoulder, but didn't even have time to turn round before the world dissolved away, and he fell forward onto the ground unconscious.
- In attacks between last Sunday, and Wednesday the tyres, on vehicles parked around Bedford, were pierced with a dart or syringe, without any apparent motive.
- It was all sharp, but good-humoured; he once made a paper dart of a poem that George had written and threw it across the room.
- The lion was shot with tranquilizer darts and dragged away to the zoo.
- An angry red mark on his stomach displayed the area where the dart had pierced his armor and a purple bruise showcased where the plasma bolt had ricocheted.
- He landed two darts the first in the creature's throat the second in its stomach.
- The ‘thunk’ sound of a fired dart makes everybody jump, including me and a couple birds over in the trees nearby.
- Trigger had already fired a small dart into the back of his neck.
- Others assembled crossbows whose bows were of the finest black spring steel, that could hurl a dart with such force as would kill a fully armoured destrier with a single shot.
- An unsteady hand raised to the offending body part, shaking fingers drawing up to pull the dart out of her flesh and the hood it had pierced through to reach her neck.
- Taser guns fire two small darts, each trailing fine wires.
- He told the Kiwi that a javelin was meant to be thrown like a dart, with the thrower required to ‘palm it up’ during the final thrust.
- Research is also being carried out in England into the possible use of tasers, which fire darts connected to a wire that carries an electrical current powerful enough to incapacitate the target.
- The deadly poison ricin was stored, with a blowgun and darts, in a plastic bag in the family room.
- While he stood around gaping, Teddy fired his last dart and hit his final target square on.
Synonyms
small arrow, flechette, bolt, shaft
missile, projectile
literary reed
historical quarrel
1. 1.1 A small pointed missile with a feather or plastic flight, used in the game of darts.
  飞镖
  Jack's first dart pierced the treble twenty
  Example sentencesExamples
  We are pleased to note the overall Oxford triumph, sealed in thrilling fashion as Craig Heasman threw the winning dart to once again seal glory for the men and women of the Pelican.
  A simple example of numerical integration is estimating the area of a geometric figure by randomly throwing darts at it and counting the hits and misses.
  Third dart, I concentrated, gazed down that corridor of space separating the tip of my dart from the treble 20.
  She reached back, pulled the dart out and threw it at the target, where it stuck tip buried completely in the bullseye.
  If they had been playing darts then the darts would have stopped in mid flight.
  Mario for example went 180 180 60 and just landed his 8th dart beside the wire in the treble 7 on his attempt.
  Indeed, had he reversed the shafts and thrown flight first, the dart would still have buried itself to a depth of three inches: the dartboard never stood a chance.
  The Dringhouses Sports Club ace confidently fired 18 then 16 darts to claim the League's top prize.
  At 6-5, with Part needing only to hold his darts to win the title, Taylor broke back to force a deciding set.
  Williams and Fitton have been good pals for years, have thrown the odd dart in friendly combat, but this was the first time they had come face to face in matchplay.
  When the final dart was thrown this season in the Friday Night Mickey Mouse Darts League, Mick's Place had won the league championship title.
  This more often than not meant most of their games resulted in a tortuous struggle to plant a dart in Double One.
2. 1.2Zoology A pointed calcareous organ of a snail forming part of the reproductive system, exchanged during copulation.
  〔动〕射器，射刺
  Example sentencesExamples
  Successful dart shooters father more babies than do snails that miss with their darts.
  But it turns out that snails don't incorporate the calcium in the dart into their bodies.
  We found that snails that shot darts effectively had a reproductive advantage over snails that shot poorly.
2An act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly.
急驰，飞奔
the cat made a dart for the door
猫咪突然冲向大门。
Example sentencesExamples
- Brian Flanagan made a dart for the pavilion end from a ruck, and found the sharp Bernard Behan on his right and the out-half left the cover standing.
- Again the alert Connor was in the thick of things as he made a dart for the line, only to be blocked a couple of paces short of the target.
- Jorgensen, looking to keep up that incredible run, made an early dart to the edge of the Norwich box where he was halted by Darren Kenton.
- Nothing much looked on when centre Aaron Moule made a dart for the right-hand corner but somehow he reached out to plant the ball.
Synonyms
dash, rush, run, bolt, break, charge, race, sprint, bound, spring, leap, jump, lunge, pounce, dive, swoop, gallop, scurry, scamper, stampede, scramble, start, flight
dash, rush, tear, run, bolt, fly, flash, shoot, charge, race, sprint, bound, spring, leap, jump, lunge, dive, swoop, gallop, scurry, scamper, stampede, scramble, break, start
informal scoot
1. 2.1 A sudden, intense pang of a particular emotion.
  〈喻〉一阵剧痛，一阵悲痛
  a dart of panic
  一阵惊慌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her whole nature seemed sharpened and intensified into a pure dart of hate.
  Nothing is obvious - not even the barbed darts of jealousy and politics that surround and inhabit the ashram school, run by the indomitable Miss.
  We could say, in a Platonic sense, that the dart of nostalgia hits man, wounds him, and precisely in this way puts wings on him, lifts him upwards.
  In those usually confident and bright eyes, there was a flickering dart of fear and fury.
  Synonyms
  surge, flow, gush, stream, flood, spurt
3A tapered tuck stitched in a garment in order to shape it.
缝合褶
stitch collarband on to neck edge and stitch darts
Example sentencesExamples
- Press the dart toward the shoulder after stitching it.
- Make sure the patterns match with the pleats and darts closed.
- If more waistline room is needed, release darts and/or tucks.
- To make a pattern for the stay, pin out the darts or pleats in the pants front pattern, then position the pocket pattern in place on the pants front pattern.
- Wrong sides together, pin all darts, tucks and seams as you did in the tissue, placing pins accurately along the stitching lines.
- Check the fit of darts and seams midway through the garment construction and make needed adjustments so the fabric grainlines properly align.
- Avoid surface manipulations such as gathers, pleats, tucks and darts.
- This means that the arms and darts should really be cut from the same cloth as the body.
- Trousers are emphasised with tailored darts and pleats.
- Never cross a seam, dart, tuck or pleat with another seam without pressing it first.
- She put in a dart that was shaped differently than the one she had pulled out of the guard.
- Pin out the darts or pleats in the pants front pattern.
- Beginning at the dart point, stitch to the dart cut end; backstitch and clip the threads.
- This year, with the anti-fashion look, the stress is on uneven hems and necklines, upside down darts and trimmings that are left uncompleted.
- Once you understand the role of darts in shaping a garment, you will be glad to have them in all your clothing.

verb dɑːtdɑrt

1no object, with adverbial of direction Move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly.
急驰，飞奔
she darted across the street
她突然冲过马路。
Example sentencesExamples
- Zem and the women ran out into the streets, darting between people moving slowly in the opposite direction.
- Suddenly, the creature darts out but bowls straight into him, knocking them both over.
- As we walk to the edge of a stream, a stickleback freezes, then darts away in a series of rapid zig-zags punctuated by brief pauses.
- I don't really work out, but I do like to move, and I dart up the subway stairs effortlessly now because my body feels good.
- It's such a tiny stage and The Gossip use it so well: Nathan darts and lunges from right to left and Beth jumps and jogs back and forward and Kathy just hammers at the drums.
- They perch on low shrubs or rocks, and dart out to grab prey from the air, the foliage, or the ground.
- She watched how Keldan moved, darting from one piece of cover to the next, doubtless to deny his target a chance to use a ranged weapon.
- Even on relatively less crowded roads, drivers are advised to keep watching out for cyclists or pedestrians suddenly darting across.
- With bare feet I stepped into the alley and walked slowly, reaching out my hand to the filthy animals that hissed and darted away.
- In the field, they wondered, are the animals content to creep around most of the time, sprinting only when necessary, or do they regularly dart from place to place?
- Suddenly, Berry darted away from us, swimming fast towards the ocean floor as we watched, intrigued.
- She jumps off her bed and darts out of her room and down some stairs, and rips the door open.
- She held a fig out in the palm of her hand, and the animal darted away and disappeared into the thicket.
- Small animals darted away from the sharp eyes of the ever-hungry raven.
- Charles looked around once more, and this time, as he was turning his head back, and saw an extremely fast shape dart between some trees about twenty feet away.
- Black dashes dart across the screen, like grains of wild rice shaken on a sheet of paper.
- She grinned and turned on her heel, ready to bolt down the hallway and dart her way out of the prison.
- Below, crabs sidestepped on the rocks and all kinds of fish darted by, making the snorkelling superb.
- He said the big cat was gone in a matter of seconds, but he was left shaken as the animal darted away through trees and undergrowth.
- The creature darts suddenly, swinging across the precipitous pit from limb to limb.
Synonyms
scurry, scuttle, run, rush, dash, race, sprint, hurry, hasten, make haste
1. 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Cast (a look or one's eyes) suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction.
  把（目光，眼睛）飞快扫向
  she darted a glance across the table
  她突然冲过马路。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It lashed its mile long pointed tail fiercely about and looked around, darting its brown-red eyes, wildly scanning the ground below.
  I glanced up in time to see Madi looking at me, but she darted her eyes away quickly.
  We sat looking at each other for a moment, before Andy darted his eyes away and stood up.
  I looked to Colleen then darted my eyes to her left, where Lori would have generally stood.
  Clark darts a wary look at the detective, perhaps noticing the sarcasm, and Mike privately reminds himself to hold back a little.
  She chewed on her lip, darting her eyes around the room.
  He gave her a meaningful look, then darted his eyes to the back of Lewis's head and back to Lidia's patently beautiful face.
  As the three of us trekked over to the luggage area, I constantly darted my eyes around and looked at all the people.
  You walked towards me, smiling and darting your eyes in all directions.
  But the second the words are out, Greg regrets them, and he quickly darts a look at Rena to see if she's upset.
  Kate, Madeline's ladysmaid, floated around not really doing anything and occasionally darting angry looks in my direction.
  As soon as the door closed behind her, she darted her eyes in every direction.
  I grumbled to myself, darting my eyes from here to there.
  He pushed me back, threw his fingers through his hair wildly, and darted his eyes around to see if anyone had seen him.
  She rubbed an arm across her eyes and darted another quick look.
  He looked up slightly, darting his eyes away at any hint that Kamui was looking back.
  Without bothering to fling my hands away, he darts his eyes to the side to avoid my worried stare.
  Furthermore, don't drink gin on an empty stomach whilst darting your eyes about the room like you've got some sort of nervous twitch.
  When she turned to him, he darted his eyes upward and glanced at the bathroom.
  My gaze drifted past a familiar head of blond hair and I immediately darted my eyes back in his direction.
  Synonyms
  direct, cast, throw, shoot, send, fling, toss, flash, bestow, give
2with object Shoot (an animal) with a dart, typically in order to administer a drug.
（为施药而）用飞镖射（动物）
he darted the leopard with a long-acting anaesthetic
Example sentencesExamples
- The darting methods and the drugs used to dart the animals has advanced quite a lot.
- Initially 41 female elephants were darted, radio collared and injected with the contraceptive vaccine.
- They had spent hours trying to get close enough to the animals to dart them, but every time they got within range the animals evaded them.
- We often dart the lions so we can take blood samples or tissue samples, and this definitely the most exciting experience.
- The lions were darted and tranquillised on Tuesday at the Shamwari reserve and transported to Inkwenkwezi yesterday.
- I was supposed to be darting Sable antelope in Africa.
- If you dart a giraffe and he falls over, the sort of force that would come from being 6 or 7 metres high and your head hitting the ground would crack the skull open.
- The elephant, which was darted with a tranquilliser by veterinary staff soon afterwards, is now back in its herd.
- It's crucial that elephants allow these researchers to get up close so the animals can be darted and fitted with radio collars.
1. 2.1archaic Throw (a missile)
  〈古〉掷，投（发射物）
  he darted his fierce iron
  Example sentencesExamples
  He darted a spear at his enemy.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, accusative of darz, dars, from a West Germanic word meaning 'spear, lance'.

Rhymes

apart, apparat, art, baht, Bart, Barthes, cart, carte, chart, clart, Eilat, fart, ghat, Gujarat, Gujrat, hart, Harte, heart, heart-to-heart, impart, Jat, kart, kyat, Maat, Mansart, mart, outsmart, part, quarte, salat, savate, Scart, smart, start, tart, zakat

Definition of dart in US English:

dart

noundärtdɑrt

1A small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired.
镖
Example sentencesExamples
- Research is also being carried out in England into the possible use of tasers, which fire darts connected to a wire that carries an electrical current powerful enough to incapacitate the target.
- While he stood around gaping, Teddy fired his last dart and hit his final target square on.
- Trigger had already fired a small dart into the back of his neck.
- He told the Kiwi that a javelin was meant to be thrown like a dart, with the thrower required to ‘palm it up’ during the final thrust.
- He landed two darts the first in the creature's throat the second in its stomach.
- He says the dart pierces the skin like a ‘bee sting’ and anybody shot will be brought to hospital.
- The lion was shot with tranquilizer darts and dragged away to the zoo.
- In attacks between last Sunday, and Wednesday the tyres, on vehicles parked around Bedford, were pierced with a dart or syringe, without any apparent motive.
- One drew a small blowgun and fired small, poisoned darts at them.
- The deadly poison ricin was stored, with a blowgun and darts, in a plastic bag in the family room.
- It was all sharp, but good-humoured; he once made a paper dart of a poem that George had written and threw it across the room.
- William gasped as the dart pierced his shoulder, but didn't even have time to turn round before the world dissolved away, and he fell forward onto the ground unconscious.
- An unsteady hand raised to the offending body part, shaking fingers drawing up to pull the dart out of her flesh and the hood it had pierced through to reach her neck.
- Others assembled crossbows whose bows were of the finest black spring steel, that could hurl a dart with such force as would kill a fully armoured destrier with a single shot.
- He didn't say anymore after that as in the next second, Yori blew her dart, the needle piercing the side of my neck.
- The dart raced through the long chamber and barrel and plunged into Soor's chest, right in the middle of his ribcage.
- The ‘thunk’ sound of a fired dart makes everybody jump, including me and a couple birds over in the trees nearby.
- Taser guns fire two small darts, each trailing fine wires.
- If a dart pierces human skin and faecal matter gets into the target's bloodstream, there can be serious health consequences.
- An angry red mark on his stomach displayed the area where the dart had pierced his armor and a purple bruise showcased where the plasma bolt had ricocheted.
Synonyms
small arrow, flechette, bolt, shaft
1. 1.1 A small pointed missile with a feather or plastic tail, used in the game of darts.
  飞镖
  Example sentencesExamples
  Indeed, had he reversed the shafts and thrown flight first, the dart would still have buried itself to a depth of three inches: the dartboard never stood a chance.
  This more often than not meant most of their games resulted in a tortuous struggle to plant a dart in Double One.
  If they had been playing darts then the darts would have stopped in mid flight.
  She reached back, pulled the dart out and threw it at the target, where it stuck tip buried completely in the bullseye.
  A simple example of numerical integration is estimating the area of a geometric figure by randomly throwing darts at it and counting the hits and misses.
  The Dringhouses Sports Club ace confidently fired 18 then 16 darts to claim the League's top prize.
  Williams and Fitton have been good pals for years, have thrown the odd dart in friendly combat, but this was the first time they had come face to face in matchplay.
  At 6-5, with Part needing only to hold his darts to win the title, Taylor broke back to force a deciding set.
  Third dart, I concentrated, gazed down that corridor of space separating the tip of my dart from the treble 20.
  We are pleased to note the overall Oxford triumph, sealed in thrilling fashion as Craig Heasman threw the winning dart to once again seal glory for the men and women of the Pelican.
  When the final dart was thrown this season in the Friday Night Mickey Mouse Darts League, Mick's Place had won the league championship title.
  Mario for example went 180 180 60 and just landed his 8th dart beside the wire in the treble 7 on his attempt.
2. 1.2Zoology A pointed calcareous organ of a snail forming part of the reproductive system, exchanged during copulation.
  〔动〕射器，射刺
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it turns out that snails don't incorporate the calcium in the dart into their bodies.
  Successful dart shooters father more babies than do snails that miss with their darts.
  We found that snails that shot darts effectively had a reproductive advantage over snails that shot poorly.
2An act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly.
急驰，飞奔
the cat made a dart for the door
猫咪突然冲向大门。
Example sentencesExamples
- Brian Flanagan made a dart for the pavilion end from a ruck, and found the sharp Bernard Behan on his right and the out-half left the cover standing.
- Again the alert Connor was in the thick of things as he made a dart for the line, only to be blocked a couple of paces short of the target.
- Jorgensen, looking to keep up that incredible run, made an early dart to the edge of the Norwich box where he was halted by Darren Kenton.
- Nothing much looked on when centre Aaron Moule made a dart for the right-hand corner but somehow he reached out to plant the ball.
Synonyms
dash, rush, run, bolt, break, charge, race, sprint, bound, spring, leap, jump, lunge, pounce, dive, swoop, gallop, scurry, scamper, stampede, scramble, start, flight
dash, rush, tear, run, bolt, fly, flash, shoot, charge, race, sprint, bound, spring, leap, jump, lunge, dive, swoop, gallop, scurry, scamper, stampede, scramble, break, start
1. 2.1 A sudden, intense pang of a particular emotion.
  〈喻〉一阵剧痛，一阵悲痛
  a dart of panic
  一阵惊慌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her whole nature seemed sharpened and intensified into a pure dart of hate.
  We could say, in a Platonic sense, that the dart of nostalgia hits man, wounds him, and precisely in this way puts wings on him, lifts him upwards.
  Nothing is obvious - not even the barbed darts of jealousy and politics that surround and inhabit the ashram school, run by the indomitable Miss.
  In those usually confident and bright eyes, there was a flickering dart of fear and fury.
  Synonyms
  surge, flow, gush, stream, flood, spurt
3A tapered tuck stitched in a garment in order to shape it.
缝合褶
Example sentencesExamples
- Check the fit of darts and seams midway through the garment construction and make needed adjustments so the fabric grainlines properly align.
- Avoid surface manipulations such as gathers, pleats, tucks and darts.
- If more waistline room is needed, release darts and/or tucks.
- This means that the arms and darts should really be cut from the same cloth as the body.
- Press the dart toward the shoulder after stitching it.
- Beginning at the dart point, stitch to the dart cut end; backstitch and clip the threads.
- Pin out the darts or pleats in the pants front pattern.
- Once you understand the role of darts in shaping a garment, you will be glad to have them in all your clothing.
- Trousers are emphasised with tailored darts and pleats.
- This year, with the anti-fashion look, the stress is on uneven hems and necklines, upside down darts and trimmings that are left uncompleted.
- Never cross a seam, dart, tuck or pleat with another seam without pressing it first.
- She put in a dart that was shaped differently than the one she had pulled out of the guard.
- Wrong sides together, pin all darts, tucks and seams as you did in the tissue, placing pins accurately along the stitching lines.
- Make sure the patterns match with the pleats and darts closed.
- To make a pattern for the stay, pin out the darts or pleats in the pants front pattern, then position the pocket pattern in place on the pants front pattern.

verbdärtdɑrt

[no object]

1Move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly.
急驰，飞奔
she darted across the street
她突然冲过马路。
Example sentencesExamples
- Zem and the women ran out into the streets, darting between people moving slowly in the opposite direction.
- With bare feet I stepped into the alley and walked slowly, reaching out my hand to the filthy animals that hissed and darted away.
- She held a fig out in the palm of her hand, and the animal darted away and disappeared into the thicket.
- She jumps off her bed and darts out of her room and down some stairs, and rips the door open.
- In the field, they wondered, are the animals content to creep around most of the time, sprinting only when necessary, or do they regularly dart from place to place?
- Below, crabs sidestepped on the rocks and all kinds of fish darted by, making the snorkelling superb.
- Suddenly, the creature darts out but bowls straight into him, knocking them both over.
- I don't really work out, but I do like to move, and I dart up the subway stairs effortlessly now because my body feels good.
- Suddenly, Berry darted away from us, swimming fast towards the ocean floor as we watched, intrigued.
- It's such a tiny stage and The Gossip use it so well: Nathan darts and lunges from right to left and Beth jumps and jogs back and forward and Kathy just hammers at the drums.
- As we walk to the edge of a stream, a stickleback freezes, then darts away in a series of rapid zig-zags punctuated by brief pauses.
- Black dashes dart across the screen, like grains of wild rice shaken on a sheet of paper.
- She grinned and turned on her heel, ready to bolt down the hallway and dart her way out of the prison.
- The creature darts suddenly, swinging across the precipitous pit from limb to limb.
- She watched how Keldan moved, darting from one piece of cover to the next, doubtless to deny his target a chance to use a ranged weapon.
- He said the big cat was gone in a matter of seconds, but he was left shaken as the animal darted away through trees and undergrowth.
- Small animals darted away from the sharp eyes of the ever-hungry raven.
- They perch on low shrubs or rocks, and dart out to grab prey from the air, the foliage, or the ground.
- Charles looked around once more, and this time, as he was turning his head back, and saw an extremely fast shape dart between some trees about twenty feet away.
- Even on relatively less crowded roads, drivers are advised to keep watching out for cyclists or pedestrians suddenly darting across.
Synonyms
scurry, scuttle, run, rush, dash, race, sprint, hurry, hasten, make haste
1. 1.1with object Cast (a look or one's eyes) suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction.
  把（目光，眼睛）飞快扫向
  she darted a glance across the table
  她突然冲过马路。
  Example sentencesExamples
  My gaze drifted past a familiar head of blond hair and I immediately darted my eyes back in his direction.
  As the three of us trekked over to the luggage area, I constantly darted my eyes around and looked at all the people.
  She chewed on her lip, darting her eyes around the room.
  Furthermore, don't drink gin on an empty stomach whilst darting your eyes about the room like you've got some sort of nervous twitch.
  I glanced up in time to see Madi looking at me, but she darted her eyes away quickly.
  Without bothering to fling my hands away, he darts his eyes to the side to avoid my worried stare.
  Kate, Madeline's ladysmaid, floated around not really doing anything and occasionally darting angry looks in my direction.
  I looked to Colleen then darted my eyes to her left, where Lori would have generally stood.
  We sat looking at each other for a moment, before Andy darted his eyes away and stood up.
  He gave her a meaningful look, then darted his eyes to the back of Lewis's head and back to Lidia's patently beautiful face.
  He pushed me back, threw his fingers through his hair wildly, and darted his eyes around to see if anyone had seen him.
  When she turned to him, he darted his eyes upward and glanced at the bathroom.
  But the second the words are out, Greg regrets them, and he quickly darts a look at Rena to see if she's upset.
  As soon as the door closed behind her, she darted her eyes in every direction.
  You walked towards me, smiling and darting your eyes in all directions.
  She rubbed an arm across her eyes and darted another quick look.
  It lashed its mile long pointed tail fiercely about and looked around, darting its brown-red eyes, wildly scanning the ground below.
  He looked up slightly, darting his eyes away at any hint that Kamui was looking back.
  I grumbled to myself, darting my eyes from here to there.
  Clark darts a wary look at the detective, perhaps noticing the sarcasm, and Mike privately reminds himself to hold back a little.
  Synonyms
  direct, cast, throw, shoot, send, fling, toss, flash, bestow, give
2. 1.2archaic with object Throw (a missile).
  〈古〉掷，投（发射物）
  Example sentencesExamples
  He darted a spear at his enemy.
3. 1.3with object Shoot (an animal) with a dart, typically in order to administer a drug.
  （为施药而）用飞镖射（动物）
  Example sentencesExamples
  I was supposed to be darting Sable antelope in Africa.
  The darting methods and the drugs used to dart the animals has advanced quite a lot.
  We often dart the lions so we can take blood samples or tissue samples, and this definitely the most exciting experience.
  It's crucial that elephants allow these researchers to get up close so the animals can be darted and fitted with radio collars.
  Initially 41 female elephants were darted, radio collared and injected with the contraceptive vaccine.
  The elephant, which was darted with a tranquilliser by veterinary staff soon afterwards, is now back in its herd.
  The lions were darted and tranquillised on Tuesday at the Shamwari reserve and transported to Inkwenkwezi yesterday.
  If you dart a giraffe and he falls over, the sort of force that would come from being 6 or 7 metres high and your head hitting the ground would crack the skull open.
  They had spent hours trying to get close enough to the animals to dart them, but every time they got within range the animals evaded them.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, accusative of darz, dars, from a West Germanic word meaning ‘spear, lance’.

词汇	dart
释义	Definition of dart in English: dart noun dɑːtdɑrt 1A small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired. 镖 the classroom was littered with paper darts she shot the animal with a tranquillizing dart Example sentencesExamples He says the dart pierces the skin like a ‘bee sting’ and anybody shot will be brought to hospital. If a dart pierces human skin and faecal matter gets into the target's bloodstream, there can be serious health consequences. One drew a small blowgun and fired small, poisoned darts at them. He didn't say anymore after that as in the next second, Yori blew her dart, the needle piercing the side of my neck. The dart raced through the long chamber and barrel and plunged into Soor's chest, right in the middle of his ribcage. William gasped as the dart pierced his shoulder, but didn't even have time to turn round before the world dissolved away, and he fell forward onto the ground unconscious. In attacks between last Sunday, and Wednesday the tyres, on vehicles parked around Bedford, were pierced with a dart or syringe, without any apparent motive. It was all sharp, but good-humoured; he once made a paper dart of a poem that George had written and threw it across the room. The lion was shot with tranquilizer darts and dragged away to the zoo. An angry red mark on his stomach displayed the area where the dart had pierced his armor and a purple bruise showcased where the plasma bolt had ricocheted. He landed two darts the first in the creature's throat the second in its stomach. The ‘thunk’ sound of a fired dart makes everybody jump, including me and a couple birds over in the trees nearby. Trigger had already fired a small dart into the back of his neck. Others assembled crossbows whose bows were of the finest black spring steel, that could hurl a dart with such force as would kill a fully armoured destrier with a single shot. An unsteady hand raised to the offending body part, shaking fingers drawing up to pull the dart out of her flesh and the hood it had pierced through to reach her neck. Taser guns fire two small darts, each trailing fine wires. He told the Kiwi that a javelin was meant to be thrown like a dart, with the thrower required to ‘palm it up’ during the final thrust. Research is also being carried out in England into the possible use of tasers, which fire darts connected to a wire that carries an electrical current powerful enough to incapacitate the target. The deadly poison ricin was stored, with a blowgun and darts, in a plastic bag in the family room. While he stood around gaping, Teddy fired his last dart and hit his final target square on. Synonyms small arrow, flechette, bolt, shaft missile, projectile literary reed historical quarrel 1.1 A small pointed missile with a feather or plastic flight, used in the game of darts. 飞镖 Jack's first dart pierced the treble twenty Example sentencesExamples We are pleased to note the overall Oxford triumph, sealed in thrilling fashion as Craig Heasman threw the winning dart to once again seal glory for the men and women of the Pelican. A simple example of numerical integration is estimating the area of a geometric figure by randomly throwing darts at it and counting the hits and misses. Third dart, I concentrated, gazed down that corridor of space separating the tip of my dart from the treble 20. She reached back, pulled the dart out and threw it at the target, where it stuck tip buried completely in the bullseye. If they had been playing darts then the darts would have stopped in mid flight. Mario for example went 180 180 60 and just landed his 8th dart beside the wire in the treble 7 on his attempt. Indeed, had he reversed the shafts and thrown flight first, the dart would still have buried itself to a depth of three inches: the dartboard never stood a chance. The Dringhouses Sports Club ace confidently fired 18 then 16 darts to claim the League's top prize. At 6-5, with Part needing only to hold his darts to win the title, Taylor broke back to force a deciding set. Williams and Fitton have been good pals for years, have thrown the odd dart in friendly combat, but this was the first time they had come face to face in matchplay. When the final dart was thrown this season in the Friday Night Mickey Mouse Darts League, Mick's Place had won the league championship title. This more often than not meant most of their games resulted in a tortuous struggle to plant a dart in Double One. 1.2Zoology A pointed calcareous organ of a snail forming part of the reproductive system, exchanged during copulation. 〔动〕射器，射刺 Example sentencesExamples Successful dart shooters father more babies than do snails that miss with their darts. But it turns out that snails don't incorporate the calcium in the dart into their bodies. We found that snails that shot darts effectively had a reproductive advantage over snails that shot poorly. 2An act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly. 急驰，飞奔 the cat made a dart for the door 猫咪突然冲向大门。 Example sentencesExamples Brian Flanagan made a dart for the pavilion end from a ruck, and found the sharp Bernard Behan on his right and the out-half left the cover standing. Again the alert Connor was in the thick of things as he made a dart for the line, only to be blocked a couple of paces short of the target. Jorgensen, looking to keep up that incredible run, made an early dart to the edge of the Norwich box where he was halted by Darren Kenton. Nothing much looked on when centre Aaron Moule made a dart for the right-hand corner but somehow he reached out to plant the ball. Synonyms dash, rush, run, bolt, break, charge, race, sprint, bound, spring, leap, jump, lunge, pounce, dive, swoop, gallop, scurry, scamper, stampede, scramble, start, flight dash, rush, tear, run, bolt, fly, flash, shoot, charge, race, sprint, bound, spring, leap, jump, lunge, dive, swoop, gallop, scurry, scamper, stampede, scramble, break, start informal scoot 2.1 A sudden, intense pang of a particular emotion. 〈喻〉一阵剧痛，一阵悲痛 a dart of panic 一阵惊慌。 Example sentencesExamples Her whole nature seemed sharpened and intensified into a pure dart of hate. Nothing is obvious - not even the barbed darts of jealousy and politics that surround and inhabit the ashram school, run by the indomitable Miss. We could say, in a Platonic sense, that the dart of nostalgia hits man, wounds him, and precisely in this way puts wings on him, lifts him upwards. In those usually confident and bright eyes, there was a flickering dart of fear and fury. Synonyms surge, flow, gush, stream, flood, spurt 3A tapered tuck stitched in a garment in order to shape it. 缝合褶 stitch collarband on to neck edge and stitch darts Example sentencesExamples Press the dart toward the shoulder after stitching it. Make sure the patterns match with the pleats and darts closed. If more waistline room is needed, release darts and/or tucks. To make a pattern for the stay, pin out the darts or pleats in the pants front pattern, then position the pocket pattern in place on the pants front pattern. Wrong sides together, pin all darts, tucks and seams as you did in the tissue, placing pins accurately along the stitching lines. Check the fit of darts and seams midway through the garment construction and make needed adjustments so the fabric grainlines properly align. Avoid surface manipulations such as gathers, pleats, tucks and darts. This means that the arms and darts should really be cut from the same cloth as the body. Trousers are emphasised with tailored darts and pleats. Never cross a seam, dart, tuck or pleat with another seam without pressing it first. She put in a dart that was shaped differently than the one she had pulled out of the guard. Pin out the darts or pleats in the pants front pattern. Beginning at the dart point, stitch to the dart cut end; backstitch and clip the threads. This year, with the anti-fashion look, the stress is on uneven hems and necklines, upside down darts and trimmings that are left uncompleted. Once you understand the role of darts in shaping a garment, you will be glad to have them in all your clothing. verb dɑːtdɑrt 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly. 急驰，飞奔 she darted across the street 她突然冲过马路。 Example sentencesExamples Zem and the women ran out into the streets, darting between people moving slowly in the opposite direction. Suddenly, the creature darts out but bowls straight into him, knocking them both over. As we walk to the edge of a stream, a stickleback freezes, then darts away in a series of rapid zig-zags punctuated by brief pauses. I don't really work out, but I do like to move, and I dart up the subway stairs effortlessly now because my body feels good. It's such a tiny stage and The Gossip use it so well: Nathan darts and lunges from right to left and Beth jumps and jogs back and forward and Kathy just hammers at the drums. They perch on low shrubs or rocks, and dart out to grab prey from the air, the foliage, or the ground. She watched how Keldan moved, darting from one piece of cover to the next, doubtless to deny his target a chance to use a ranged weapon. Even on relatively less crowded roads, drivers are advised to keep watching out for cyclists or pedestrians suddenly darting across. With bare feet I stepped into the alley and walked slowly, reaching out my hand to the filthy animals that hissed and darted away. In the field, they wondered, are the animals content to creep around most of the time, sprinting only when necessary, or do they regularly dart from place to place? Suddenly, Berry darted away from us, swimming fast towards the ocean floor as we watched, intrigued. She jumps off her bed and darts out of her room and down some stairs, and rips the door open. She held a fig out in the palm of her hand, and the animal darted away and disappeared into the thicket. Small animals darted away from the sharp eyes of the ever-hungry raven. Charles looked around once more, and this time, as he was turning his head back, and saw an extremely fast shape dart between some trees about twenty feet away. Black dashes dart across the screen, like grains of wild rice shaken on a sheet of paper. She grinned and turned on her heel, ready to bolt down the hallway and dart her way out of the prison. Below, crabs sidestepped on the rocks and all kinds of fish darted by, making the snorkelling superb. He said the big cat was gone in a matter of seconds, but he was left shaken as the animal darted away through trees and undergrowth. The creature darts suddenly, swinging across the precipitous pit from limb to limb. Synonyms scurry, scuttle, run, rush, dash, race, sprint, hurry, hasten, make haste 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Cast (a look or one's eyes) suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction. 把（目光，眼睛）飞快扫向 she darted a glance across the table 她突然冲过马路。 Example sentencesExamples It lashed its mile long pointed tail fiercely about and looked around, darting its brown-red eyes, wildly scanning the ground below. I glanced up in time to see Madi looking at me, but she darted her eyes away quickly. We sat looking at each other for a moment, before Andy darted his eyes away and stood up. I looked to Colleen then darted my eyes to her left, where Lori would have generally stood. Clark darts a wary look at the detective, perhaps noticing the sarcasm, and Mike privately reminds himself to hold back a little. She chewed on her lip, darting her eyes around the room. He gave her a meaningful look, then darted his eyes to the back of Lewis's head and back to Lidia's patently beautiful face. As the three of us trekked over to the luggage area, I constantly darted my eyes around and looked at all the people. You walked towards me, smiling and darting your eyes in all directions. But the second the words are out, Greg regrets them, and he quickly darts a look at Rena to see if she's upset. Kate, Madeline's ladysmaid, floated around not really doing anything and occasionally darting angry looks in my direction. As soon as the door closed behind her, she darted her eyes in every direction. I grumbled to myself, darting my eyes from here to there. He pushed me back, threw his fingers through his hair wildly, and darted his eyes around to see if anyone had seen him. She rubbed an arm across her eyes and darted another quick look. He looked up slightly, darting his eyes away at any hint that Kamui was looking back. Without bothering to fling my hands away, he darts his eyes to the side to avoid my worried stare. Furthermore, don't drink gin on an empty stomach whilst darting your eyes about the room like you've got some sort of nervous twitch. When she turned to him, he darted his eyes upward and glanced at the bathroom. My gaze drifted past a familiar head of blond hair and I immediately darted my eyes back in his direction. Synonyms direct, cast, throw, shoot, send, fling, toss, flash, bestow, give 2with object Shoot (an animal) with a dart, typically in order to administer a drug. （为施药而）用飞镖射（动物） he darted the leopard with a long-acting anaesthetic Example sentencesExamples The darting methods and the drugs used to dart the animals has advanced quite a lot. Initially 41 female elephants were darted, radio collared and injected with the contraceptive vaccine. They had spent hours trying to get close enough to the animals to dart them, but every time they got within range the animals evaded them. We often dart the lions so we can take blood samples or tissue samples, and this definitely the most exciting experience. The lions were darted and tranquillised on Tuesday at the Shamwari reserve and transported to Inkwenkwezi yesterday. I was supposed to be darting Sable antelope in Africa. If you dart a giraffe and he falls over, the sort of force that would come from being 6 or 7 metres high and your head hitting the ground would crack the skull open. The elephant, which was darted with a tranquilliser by veterinary staff soon afterwards, is now back in its herd. It's crucial that elephants allow these researchers to get up close so the animals can be darted and fitted with radio collars. 2.1archaic Throw (a missile) 〈古〉掷，投（发射物） he darted his fierce iron Example sentencesExamples He darted a spear at his enemy. Origin Middle English: from Old French, accusative of darz, dars, from a West Germanic word meaning 'spear, lance'. Rhymes apart, apparat, art, baht, Bart, Barthes, cart, carte, chart, clart, Eilat, fart, ghat, Gujarat, Gujrat, hart, Harte, heart, heart-to-heart, impart, Jat, kart, kyat, Maat, Mansart, mart, outsmart, part, quarte, salat, savate, Scart, smart, start, tart, zakat Definition of dart in US English: dart noundärtdɑrt 1A small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired. 镖 Example sentencesExamples Research is also being carried out in England into the possible use of tasers, which fire darts connected to a wire that carries an electrical current powerful enough to incapacitate the target. While he stood around gaping, Teddy fired his last dart and hit his final target square on. Trigger had already fired a small dart into the back of his neck. He told the Kiwi that a javelin was meant to be thrown like a dart, with the thrower required to ‘palm it up’ during the final thrust. He landed two darts the first in the creature's throat the second in its stomach. He says the dart pierces the skin like a ‘bee sting’ and anybody shot will be brought to hospital. The lion was shot with tranquilizer darts and dragged away to the zoo. In attacks between last Sunday, and Wednesday the tyres, on vehicles parked around Bedford, were pierced with a dart or syringe, without any apparent motive. One drew a small blowgun and fired small, poisoned darts at them. The deadly poison ricin was stored, with a blowgun and darts, in a plastic bag in the family room. It was all sharp, but good-humoured; he once made a paper dart of a poem that George had written and threw it across the room. William gasped as the dart pierced his shoulder, but didn't even have time to turn round before the world dissolved away, and he fell forward onto the ground unconscious. An unsteady hand raised to the offending body part, shaking fingers drawing up to pull the dart out of her flesh and the hood it had pierced through to reach her neck. Others assembled crossbows whose bows were of the finest black spring steel, that could hurl a dart with such force as would kill a fully armoured destrier with a single shot. He didn't say anymore after that as in the next second, Yori blew her dart, the needle piercing the side of my neck. The dart raced through the long chamber and barrel and plunged into Soor's chest, right in the middle of his ribcage. The ‘thunk’ sound of a fired dart makes everybody jump, including me and a couple birds over in the trees nearby. Taser guns fire two small darts, each trailing fine wires. If a dart pierces human skin and faecal matter gets into the target's bloodstream, there can be serious health consequences. An angry red mark on his stomach displayed the area where the dart had pierced his armor and a purple bruise showcased where the plasma bolt had ricocheted. Synonyms small arrow, flechette, bolt, shaft 1.1 A small pointed missile with a feather or plastic tail, used in the game of darts. 飞镖 Example sentencesExamples Indeed, had he reversed the shafts and thrown flight first, the dart would still have buried itself to a depth of three inches: the dartboard never stood a chance. This more often than not meant most of their games resulted in a tortuous struggle to plant a dart in Double One. If they had been playing darts then the darts would have stopped in mid flight. She reached back, pulled the dart out and threw it at the target, where it stuck tip buried completely in the bullseye. A simple example of numerical integration is estimating the area of a geometric figure by randomly throwing darts at it and counting the hits and misses. The Dringhouses Sports Club ace confidently fired 18 then 16 darts to claim the League's top prize. Williams and Fitton have been good pals for years, have thrown the odd dart in friendly combat, but this was the first time they had come face to face in matchplay. At 6-5, with Part needing only to hold his darts to win the title, Taylor broke back to force a deciding set. Third dart, I concentrated, gazed down that corridor of space separating the tip of my dart from the treble 20. We are pleased to note the overall Oxford triumph, sealed in thrilling fashion as Craig Heasman threw the winning dart to once again seal glory for the men and women of the Pelican. When the final dart was thrown this season in the Friday Night Mickey Mouse Darts League, Mick's Place had won the league championship title. Mario for example went 180 180 60 and just landed his 8th dart beside the wire in the treble 7 on his attempt. 1.2Zoology A pointed calcareous organ of a snail forming part of the reproductive system, exchanged during copulation. 〔动〕射器，射刺 Example sentencesExamples But it turns out that snails don't incorporate the calcium in the dart into their bodies. Successful dart shooters father more babies than do snails that miss with their darts. We found that snails that shot darts effectively had a reproductive advantage over snails that shot poorly. 2An act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly. 急驰，飞奔 the cat made a dart for the door 猫咪突然冲向大门。 Example sentencesExamples Brian Flanagan made a dart for the pavilion end from a ruck, and found the sharp Bernard Behan on his right and the out-half left the cover standing. Again the alert Connor was in the thick of things as he made a dart for the line, only to be blocked a couple of paces short of the target. Jorgensen, looking to keep up that incredible run, made an early dart to the edge of the Norwich box where he was halted by Darren Kenton. Nothing much looked on when centre Aaron Moule made a dart for the right-hand corner but somehow he reached out to plant the ball. Synonyms dash, rush, run, bolt, break, charge, race, sprint, bound, spring, leap, jump, lunge, pounce, dive, swoop, gallop, scurry, scamper, stampede, scramble, start, flight dash, rush, tear, run, bolt, fly, flash, shoot, charge, race, sprint, bound, spring, leap, jump, lunge, dive, swoop, gallop, scurry, scamper, stampede, scramble, break, start 2.1 A sudden, intense pang of a particular emotion. 〈喻〉一阵剧痛，一阵悲痛 a dart of panic 一阵惊慌。 Example sentencesExamples Her whole nature seemed sharpened and intensified into a pure dart of hate. We could say, in a Platonic sense, that the dart of nostalgia hits man, wounds him, and precisely in this way puts wings on him, lifts him upwards. Nothing is obvious - not even the barbed darts of jealousy and politics that surround and inhabit the ashram school, run by the indomitable Miss. In those usually confident and bright eyes, there was a flickering dart of fear and fury. Synonyms surge, flow, gush, stream, flood, spurt 3A tapered tuck stitched in a garment in order to shape it. 缝合褶 Example sentencesExamples Check the fit of darts and seams midway through the garment construction and make needed adjustments so the fabric grainlines properly align. Avoid surface manipulations such as gathers, pleats, tucks and darts. If more waistline room is needed, release darts and/or tucks. This means that the arms and darts should really be cut from the same cloth as the body. Press the dart toward the shoulder after stitching it. Beginning at the dart point, stitch to the dart cut end; backstitch and clip the threads. Pin out the darts or pleats in the pants front pattern. Once you understand the role of darts in shaping a garment, you will be glad to have them in all your clothing. Trousers are emphasised with tailored darts and pleats. This year, with the anti-fashion look, the stress is on uneven hems and necklines, upside down darts and trimmings that are left uncompleted. Never cross a seam, dart, tuck or pleat with another seam without pressing it first. She put in a dart that was shaped differently than the one she had pulled out of the guard. Wrong sides together, pin all darts, tucks and seams as you did in the tissue, placing pins accurately along the stitching lines. Make sure the patterns match with the pleats and darts closed. To make a pattern for the stay, pin out the darts or pleats in the pants front pattern, then position the pocket pattern in place on the pants front pattern. verbdärtdɑrt [no object] 1Move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly. 急驰，飞奔 she darted across the street 她突然冲过马路。 Example sentencesExamples Zem and the women ran out into the streets, darting between people moving slowly in the opposite direction. With bare feet I stepped into the alley and walked slowly, reaching out my hand to the filthy animals that hissed and darted away. She held a fig out in the palm of her hand, and the animal darted away and disappeared into the thicket. She jumps off her bed and darts out of her room and down some stairs, and rips the door open. In the field, they wondered, are the animals content to creep around most of the time, sprinting only when necessary, or do they regularly dart from place to place? Below, crabs sidestepped on the rocks and all kinds of fish darted by, making the snorkelling superb. Suddenly, the creature darts out but bowls straight into him, knocking them both over. I don't really work out, but I do like to move, and I dart up the subway stairs effortlessly now because my body feels good. Suddenly, Berry darted away from us, swimming fast towards the ocean floor as we watched, intrigued. It's such a tiny stage and The Gossip use it so well: Nathan darts and lunges from right to left and Beth jumps and jogs back and forward and Kathy just hammers at the drums. As we walk to the edge of a stream, a stickleback freezes, then darts away in a series of rapid zig-zags punctuated by brief pauses. Black dashes dart across the screen, like grains of wild rice shaken on a sheet of paper. She grinned and turned on her heel, ready to bolt down the hallway and dart her way out of the prison. The creature darts suddenly, swinging across the precipitous pit from limb to limb. She watched how Keldan moved, darting from one piece of cover to the next, doubtless to deny his target a chance to use a ranged weapon. He said the big cat was gone in a matter of seconds, but he was left shaken as the animal darted away through trees and undergrowth. Small animals darted away from the sharp eyes of the ever-hungry raven. They perch on low shrubs or rocks, and dart out to grab prey from the air, the foliage, or the ground. Charles looked around once more, and this time, as he was turning his head back, and saw an extremely fast shape dart between some trees about twenty feet away. Even on relatively less crowded roads, drivers are advised to keep watching out for cyclists or pedestrians suddenly darting across. Synonyms scurry, scuttle, run, rush, dash, race, sprint, hurry, hasten, make haste 1.1with object Cast (a look or one's eyes) suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction. 把（目光，眼睛）飞快扫向 she darted a glance across the table 她突然冲过马路。 Example sentencesExamples My gaze drifted past a familiar head of blond hair and I immediately darted my eyes back in his direction. As the three of us trekked over to the luggage area, I constantly darted my eyes around and looked at all the people. She chewed on her lip, darting her eyes around the room. Furthermore, don't drink gin on an empty stomach whilst darting your eyes about the room like you've got some sort of nervous twitch. I glanced up in time to see Madi looking at me, but she darted her eyes away quickly. Without bothering to fling my hands away, he darts his eyes to the side to avoid my worried stare. Kate, Madeline's ladysmaid, floated around not really doing anything and occasionally darting angry looks in my direction. I looked to Colleen then darted my eyes to her left, where Lori would have generally stood. We sat looking at each other for a moment, before Andy darted his eyes away and stood up. He gave her a meaningful look, then darted his eyes to the back of Lewis's head and back to Lidia's patently beautiful face. He pushed me back, threw his fingers through his hair wildly, and darted his eyes around to see if anyone had seen him. When she turned to him, he darted his eyes upward and glanced at the bathroom. But the second the words are out, Greg regrets them, and he quickly darts a look at Rena to see if she's upset. As soon as the door closed behind her, she darted her eyes in every direction. You walked towards me, smiling and darting your eyes in all directions. She rubbed an arm across her eyes and darted another quick look. It lashed its mile long pointed tail fiercely about and looked around, darting its brown-red eyes, wildly scanning the ground below. He looked up slightly, darting his eyes away at any hint that Kamui was looking back. I grumbled to myself, darting my eyes from here to there. Clark darts a wary look at the detective, perhaps noticing the sarcasm, and Mike privately reminds himself to hold back a little. Synonyms direct, cast, throw, shoot, send, fling, toss, flash, bestow, give 1.2archaic with object Throw (a missile). 〈古〉掷，投（发射物） Example sentencesExamples He darted a spear at his enemy. 1.3with object Shoot (an animal) with a dart, typically in order to administer a drug. （为施药而）用飞镖射（动物） Example sentencesExamples I was supposed to be darting Sable antelope in Africa. The darting methods and the drugs used to dart the animals has advanced quite a lot. We often dart the lions so we can take blood samples or tissue samples, and this definitely the most exciting experience. It's crucial that elephants allow these researchers to get up close so the animals can be darted and fitted with radio collars. Initially 41 female elephants were darted, radio collared and injected with the contraceptive vaccine. The elephant, which was darted with a tranquilliser by veterinary staff soon afterwards, is now back in its herd. The lions were darted and tranquillised on Tuesday at the Shamwari reserve and transported to Inkwenkwezi yesterday. If you dart a giraffe and he falls over, the sort of force that would come from being 6 or 7 metres high and your head hitting the ground would crack the skull open. They had spent hours trying to get close enough to the animals to dart them, but every time they got within range the animals evaded them. Origin Middle English: from Old French, accusative of darz, dars, from a West Germanic word meaning ‘spear, lance’.
随便看	keep guard on keep guard over keep guessing keep hand in keep hands clean keep hanging on keep head keep head above water keep head down keep hidden keep hold of keep house keep house keep house keep in keep in keep in abeyance keep in check keep in contact keep in countenance keep in custody keep in existence keeping keeping keeping alive