资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reserve \Re*serve"\ (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reserved}.
   (z?rvd");p. pr. & vb. n. {Reserving}.] [F. r['e]server, L.
   reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- + servare to keep. See
   {Serve}.]
   1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or
      disclose. ``I have reserved to myself nothing.'' --Shak.

   2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to
      withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to
      keep; to retain. --Gen. xxvii. 35.

            Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I
            have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job
                                                  xxxviii.
                                                  22,23.

            Reserve your kind looks and language for private
            hours.                                --Swift.

   3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]