(災害{さいがい}などを)防止{ぼうし}する、~を抑える、~を近づかせない These blocks are to keep back flood waters. これらのブロックは、洪水を防ぐためのものだ。
例文
back up . please . keep back . 戻ってきてよ
back up . please . keep back . 戻ってきてよ
keep back ! don't scare her . 怖がらせないで
the first line was ' toki wa ima ame ga shita-shiru satsuki kana ' (it is may , a rainy season ) composed by mitsuhide akechi; the second ' minakami masaru niwa no natsuyama ' (river flow flashes in the garden on summer mountain ) composed by itokuin gyoyu; and the third ' hana otsuru ike no nagare wo sekitomete ' (falling flowers keep back the flow of the pond ) composed by joha satomura . 発句は光秀の「ときは今 あめが下しる 五月かな」、脇は威徳院行祐の「水上まさる 庭の夏山」、第三は里村紹巴の「花落つる 池の流を せきとめて」。