| 单词 | neat |
| 释义 | Related topics: Drinkneat /niːt/ ●●● S2 adjective 1 tidy 整洁的TIDY tidy and carefully arranged 整齐的；整洁的 neat handwriting 工整的笔迹 His clothes were always neat and clean. 他的衣服总是很整洁。 Everything in the house was neat and tidy. 房子里的每样物品都干净整齐。 She arranged the books in a nice neat pile. 她把书摞成整齐的一堆。► see thesaurus at tidy2 liking things tidy 爱整洁的TIDY someone who is neat likes to keep things tidy 〔人〕爱整洁的 I’ve always been quite neat. 我向来很爱整洁。3 good 好的 American English spokenGOOD/EXCELLENT very good, pleasant, or enjoyable 好的；令人愉快的 That’s a really neat idea. 那个主意真不错。 I liked working for him – he was a neat guy. 我喜欢为他工作——他是个很好的人。► see thesaurus at good4 small 小的 something that is neat is small and attractive 小巧迷人的 her small, neat features 她那小巧精致的面容5 clever 聪明的INTELLIGENT formal a neat way of doing or saying something is simple but clever and effective 简洁的；睿智的；灵巧的 In the end we found a very neat solution to the problem. 最后我们找到了一个解决这个问题的巧妙办法。 a neat summary of the main issues 对主要问题的简明总结6 drinks 酒精饮料DFDDRINK especially British English a neat alcoholic drink has no ice or water or any other liquid added 〔酒〕纯的〔指不加冰、水或其他酒的〕 SYN straight I can’t drink brandy neat. 我喝不了纯白兰地。 drinking neat whisky 喝纯威士忌酒 —neatly adverb He wrote his name neatly at the bottom of the page. 他在那页纸的最下面工整地签上了自己的名字。 The problem was neatly summed up by one of the teachers. 那个问题由其中一位老师作了简要的总结。 —neatness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusneat• "Why don't we go to the beach!'' "Yeah that sounds really neat.''• She had been waiting there all night, but she still looked neat.• He was about fifty-five, short, sturdy, and very neat.• Douglas drinks his scotch neat.• Draw a rough diagram -- it doesn't have to be very neat.• The handwriting was neat and prim.• I like to see everything looking neat and tidy.• Chris looked neat and well shaven.• Neither of my sons is neat by nature.• An man in a neat gray suit sat on the other side of the bar.• Gina has very small neat handwriting.• One of our designers has come up with a neat idea for storing computer disks.• Jim and I need more time together away from the kids, so we came up with this neat idea of meeting after work.• Billy's cottage was set back off the road, behind a neat little hedge.• I met some really neat people at the conference.• He put his clothes in a neat pile on the bed.• His jackets were arranged in a neat row in the closet.• At the Penta the porters had worked out a neat scam with the airline crews who regularly booked into the hotel.• They were part of another life, neat signals towards its ending.• a neat software package• It's a complicated problem, and there's no neat solution.• Mrs Woodie cut the sandwiches in neat squares.• Two paths crossed the rectangular field, forming a neat St Andrew's Cross of down-trodden grass.• A few neat steps, a well-choreographed move and they claimed one back.• I bought a neat tool for carving wood.• Dole has to go negative without seeming negative, a neat trick.• Taking up a sport is a neat way of meeting new people, and it's good for you too.neat and clean• Their apartment was always neat and clean.• Her bed and bedside table were always neat and clean.• I was not a great waitress, but I was neat and clean.• Inside, the medium-weight bracing is in the traditional Martin X-pattern and everything looks neat and clean.• So whenever the board arrived, of course, the children were always neat and clean.• Already a six-footer, he is noted for keeping his uniform neat and clean, and for excellence in sports.• It looked neat and clean from the outside and the curtains were freshly washed.• No scars, the nails neat and clean, shorter than Brampton's.• It was neat and clean, the smell of paint and thinners taking over from the smell of straw and apples.Origin neat (1500-1600) French net, from Latin nitidus “bright, neat”, from nitere “to shine”neat adjectiveChinese arranged Corpus carefully and tidy |
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