kaleidoscope  n 万花筒

keen adj (-er, -est)  -(to do sth/that....) eager, enthusiastic  热心的,渴望的
I'm not keen to go again.

keep  v  (pt pp kept) 保持，继续做，不断的做
she has the ability to keep calm in an emergency.

keep abreast of 保持与....并列
Chinese President Jiang Zemin  said that the Communist Party of China (CPC), as a ruling party in a country with over 1.2 billion people, must keep abreast of the  times.

keep an eye on  留意，照看
The municipal construction commission has ordered all communities to be constructed with enough parking lots for bicycles and to assign personnel to keep an eye on the bicycles.

municipal adj.市政的, 市立的, 地方性的, 地方自治的
construction  n.建筑, 建筑物, 解释, 造句
commission n.委任, 委托, 代办(权), 代理(权), 犯(罪), 佣金
vt.委任, 任命, 委托, 委托制作, 使服役
community n.公社, 团体, 社会, (政治)共同体, 共有, 一致, 共同体, (生物)群落

keep at a distance 别靠近

keep at  继续努力干,坚持
Of the POWs kept at the camp, 244 died and many others suffered grievously.

keep on (doing sth)  =continue doing sth 继续做
the rain kept on all night.
keep on   继续下去,反复的做
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keep back  阻止,隐瞒,保留
keep from  阻止,隐瞒,抑制
I'm  sure she's  keeping something back from us.

keep down  控制,减少
keep down wages

keep in mind  记住
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keep in touch  保持联络
Keep In Touch keeps your class together through the years --when it's time for reunion you'll know where everyone is.
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keep off  不接近,避开
please keep off the subject of politics while my father's  here.

keep one's head  保持镇静
 To keep one's head above water

keep one's word  守信用
"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

keep pace with (与...)齐步前进
Legislation can't keep pace with technology

legislation n.立法, 法律的制定(或通过)

keep to 坚持,遵守,信守
keep to an agreement

keep up  =maintain 维持,继续
they snag songs to keep their morale up.

keep up with  跟上,不落后
slow down ----I can't keep up with you!

keeper   n  动物园里的饲养员,博物馆的管理员
keepsake   n  纪念品
my aunt give me one of her brooches as a keepsake.

brooch   n.胸针, 领针

kennel n.狗窝, 狗屋, 阴沟
vt.置于狗窝, 宿于狗舍
vi.进狗窝
 Rover lives in a kennel in the back garden.

kerchief   n handkerchief  围巾

kettle   n    水壶
boil water in the kettle and make some tea

key  n [c] 钥匙
the car keys

key  adj  very important 重要的,基本的,关键的
a key industry

keyhole  n   锁眼,钥匙孔
keyboard  n  键盘
key-pad   n  电话机

key in    键入
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kick  v  踢
mummy ,peter kicked me on the leg.

kick off  开球
united kicked off and scored almost immediately.

kick out   开除,驱逐
they kicked him out of the club for fighting.

kick up   踢起,向上弯曲

kick n [c] act of kick 踢
if the door won't open give it a kick.

kickback  n 回扣

kid  n [c] child or young person 年轻人或小孩
how are you wife and kids!

kid  v  (-dd-)   tease  哄骗
you are kidding.

kidnap  v  (-pp-)诱扣,绑架

two businessmen have been kidnapped  by  terrorists.

kidney  n  (pl   -s) 肾脏

kill v  杀死,弄死
cancer kills thousands of people every year.

kill  n  act of killing 杀
the lion made only one kill that day .

make a killing 赚大钱
she's made a killing on the stock market

kilo-   comb form  thousand  (构词成分)千

kilogram   n  公斤
kilometre  n 千米
kilometer  n 千米

kimono   n  (pl  -s)  (日本的)和服

kin  n  one's  family and relatives  家人或亲戚
all his kin  were at the wedding

kind  adj 亲切的,关心的,仁慈的
a kind man

kindly  adv  亲切地,和蔼地
treat sb kindly

kind  n [c] sort ,type, variety 种,类,属
fruit of various kinds

kind of = slightly =to some extent 有点儿,几分
I'm not sure why , but I fell kind of sorry for him.

kindergarten n.幼儿园
adj.幼儿园的, 初级的, 启蒙阶段的

infants' school   n.<英>(为学龄前儿童设的)幼儿园

nursery school   n.幼儿园

playschool   n.幼儿园

playgroup   n.幼儿园

playground   n.运动场, 操场

kindle v   catch fire(使)燃烧 
this wood is too wet to kindle.

ignite v  catch fire  点燃,发火
petrol ignites very easily.
petrol   n.<英>汽油（=<美>gasoline）

kindred  n (fml)  [u] 亲戚关系
claim    kindred with sb

kinetic  adj [esp attrib]  运动的
kinetic energy

king n 国王
the king of Kenmark

kingdom  n    王国,领域
the united kingdom
the kingdom of the imagination

kink  n  纽结,绞缠
kink  v  纽结,绞缠
keep the wire stretched tight----don't  let it kink

kiss  v  吻,接吻
they kissed passionately when she arrived

the kiss of life   口对口的人工呼吸

kit  n [u] 所有的衣服和装备
they marched twenty miles in full kit.

kitchen  n 厨房
the kitchen table

kitchen garden  菜园

kite  n  风筝

kite-flying  n [u] 放风筝(的游戏)

kitten  n 小猫

kitty  n 猫咪

knack  n [sing]  ability 决窍,技巧
making an omelette is easy once you've got the knack of it .
omelette   n.煎蛋

knee  n  膝关节,膝

kneel  v  ( pt  pp knelt  us kneeled)  - (down)  跪下,跪倒
kneel down on the grass to examine a flower

knife  n (pl  knives)  刀
a table-knife

knight  n 武士,骑士,爵士

knit v (-tt- , pt pp  knitted)  编织
she knitted her son a sweater.

knob  n   圆形把手

knock  n  敲、打
did hear a knock at the door?

knock  v  敲、打
mind you don't   knock your head on this low beam.

knock sb down  撞倒，击倒
she was knocked down by bus
knock  sth down  拆除
these old house are going to be knocked down
knock sth/sb down  强迫降价
I managed to knock his price down from $500 to $400
I managed to knock him down from $500 to $400

knock sth off 扣除，减去
it cost me $ 10 but I'll knock off 20% as it's  no longer new.
knock sth off  碰掉
knock sb's  glass off the table

knock out 击昏，击倒
don't drink too much of this----it'll knock you out!

knock over 打翻，搜查，吃掉
I know a house you could knock over with some really good stuff in it.
 
knocker  n   门环

knot n 结，花结，蝴蝶结
make a knot at teh end of the rope

knot  v (-tt-) 打结
my hair knots easily.

know  v  (pt knew, pp known) 知道，听到过
she doesn't  your address.

know better than that  = know better than to do sth 知道不该（做）
you ought to know better than to trust her

know-how  n [u] 技能，技巧，专门技术
The company has a satisfying technical know-how.

knowledge n [u]  认识，理解，知识，学问
a baby has no knowledge of good and evil

knuckle  n 指关节

kowtow  v  -(to sb/sth)  卑躬屈膝
a refusal to kowtow to the government's wishes on this issue