Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upkeep \Up"keep`\, n.
1. The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance of
persons, organizations, or objects such as machinery, by
providing a location, repairs, and consumable items when
necessary. "Horse artillery . . . expensive in the
upkeep." --Scribner's Mag.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings.
--A. R.
Colquhoun.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. the cost of providing upkeep[1].
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upkeep
n 1: activity involved in maintaining something in good working
order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: {care},
{maintenance}, {upkeep}]
2: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of
subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was
their main sustainment" [syn: {sustenance}, {sustentation},
{sustainment}, {maintenance}, {upkeep}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
