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neat
neat / nit ; ni:t /adjective
comparative neater, neatest
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, AmE spokenvery 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。
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, formala 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, especially BrEa 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〕;SYNstraight
•I can't drink brandy neat.我喝不了纯白兰地。
•drinking neat whisky喝纯威士忌酒
—neatly adv:
•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。
—neatness noun U

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