upkeep — 영어 사전

명사

1. Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.

   용법

   • 불가산
   • usually

   예문

   I would enjoy having a swimming pool, but I don't want to deal with the upkeep.

   […] it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.

   더 많은 예문 (1)

   The story of upkeep has been never-ending. Between 1997-2000, a major programme of maintenance entailed replacing superstructure timbers - 50 main rail beams were replaced with greenheart, along with a similar number of edge beams.

동사

1. To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.

   용법

   • 영국 용법
   • 타동사

   예문

   Do you know how to upkeep a boat?

   As for the city's buildings, it mostly resembled a town of white spires and cobblestone streets lined with flowerbeds that were upkept by magical means.

명사

1. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

   동의어

   caremaintenance

   상위어

   repairfixfixingfixturemendmendingreparation

   예문

   he wrote the manual on car care

2. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

   동의어

   sustenancesustentationsustainmentmaintenance

   상위어

   support

   예문

   they were in want of sustenance

   fishing was their main sustainment