neat
adj
niːt
adj
1
TIDY
整洁的
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
.
她把书籍摆放成整齐的一摞。
2
LIKING THINGS TIDY
爱整洁的
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
very
good,
pleasant,
or
enjoyable
[美，口] 好的，令人愉快的
AmE spoken
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。
4
SMALL
小的
something
that
is
neat
is
small
and
attractive
小巧的
her
small,
neat
features
她那小巧精致的面容
5
CLEVER
聪明的
a
neat
way
of
doing
or
saying
something
is
simple
but
clever
and
effective
[正式] 简洁的; 睿智的; 灵巧的
formal
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
a
neat
alcoholic
drink
has
no
ice
or
water
or
any
other
liquid
added
[尤英] 〔酒〕纯的〔指不加冰、水或其他酒的〕;
especially BrE
I
can’t
drink
brandy
neat.
我喝不了纯白兰地。
drinking
neat
whisky
喝纯威士忌酒
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明的总结。