neat
adjective /niːt/
/niːt/
(comparative neater, superlative neatest)
- tidy and in order; carefully done or arranged
整洁的；整齐的；有序的 - She kept her desk extremely neat.
她的桌子保持得非常干净整洁。 - You've got very neat handwriting!
你的笔迹十分工整。 - neat rows of books
一排排整齐的书 - She was wearing a neat black suit.
她穿着整洁的黑色套装。 - They sat in her neat and tidy kitchen.
他们坐在她那干净整齐的厨房里。
- I've made the front lawn all neat and tidy.
我把房前的草坪收拾得整齐又干净。 - The handwriting was surprisingly neat.
字写得出奇地工整。 - Each resident is expected to keep their room neat.
房客应保持房间整洁。 - He sorted his papers into a neat pile.
他把自己的文件整理成整整齐齐的一摞。 - The desks were in neat rows.
桌子排成整齐的一排。 - This hairstyle is easy to keep neat and tidy.
这种发型容易保持干净利落。 - We were soon passing the neat lawns of the suburbs.
我们很快就经过了郊区整洁的草坪。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- neat and tidy
- She kept her desk extremely neat.
- (of people
人 有条理的；爱整洁的 - Try and be neater!
干净利落点！ - He had a neat methodical mind.
他的思路清晰有条理。 - By nature he was clean and neat.
他生性干净整洁。 - (informal) Don't be a neat freak. Relax. A little clutter won't kill you.
不要做一个洁癖者。放松。一点点杂乱不会要你的命。
- She was a very efficient, neat woman.
她是个能干利落的女子。 - Neil turned up the next day looking very clean and neat.
尼尔第二天出现了，看起来非常干净整洁。 - The children are always neat and tidy.
孩子们总是干干净净，整整齐齐的。
- Try and be neater!
- small, with an attractive shape or appearance
小巧优雅的 - her neat figure
她那娇小玲珑的身材 - The puppies’ ears should be neat and in proportion to the head.
小狗的耳朵应该整齐，与头部成比例。
- her neat figure
- simple but clever
简洁的；睿智的；灵巧的 - a neat explanation
简明的解释 - a neat solution to the problem
解决这个问题的捷径 - The film has a lot of neat tricks and clever editing.
这部电影有许多巧妙的技巧和巧妙的剪辑。 - We can't put people and events into neat little boxes.
我们不能把人和事放进整洁的小盒子里。
- a neat explanation
- (North American English, informal) good; excellent
好的；极好的 - It's a really neat movie.
这真是一部极好的电影。 - We had a great time—it was pretty neat.
我们玩得很痛快，棒极了。
- It's a really neat movie.
- (British English) (also straight British and North American English)(especially of alcoholic drinks
尤指酒 未掺水的；纯的 - neat whisky
纯威士忌酒
- neat whisky
词源late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘clean, free from impurities’): from French net, from Latin nitidus ‘shining’, from nitere ‘to shine’; related to net (adjective). The sense ‘bright’ (now obsolete) was recorded in English in the late 16th cent.