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tidy and in order; carefully done or arranged 整潔的；整齊的；有序的 She kept her desk extremely neat. 她的桌子保持得非常幹淨整潔。 You've got very neat handwriting! 你的筆迹十分工整。 neat rows of books 一排排整齊的書 She was wearing a neat black suit. 她穿着整潔的黑色套裝。 They sat in her neat and tidy kitchen. 他們坐在她那幹淨整齊的廚房裏。
Extra ExamplesI've made the front lawn all neat and tidy. 我把房前的草坪收拾得整齊又幹淨。 The handwriting was surprisingly neat. 字寫得出奇地工整。 Each resident is expected to keep their room neat. 房客應保持房間整潔。 He sorted his papers into a neat pile. 他把自己的文件整理成整整齊齊的一摞。 The desks were in neat rows. 桌子排成整齊的一排。 This hairstyle is easy to keep neat and tidy. 這種發型容易保持幹淨利落。 We were soon passing the neat lawns of the suburbs. 我們很快就經過了郊區整潔的草坪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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(of people 人 liking to keep things tidy and in order; looking tidy or doing things in a tidy way 有條理的；愛整潔的 Try and be neater! 幹淨利落點！ He had a neat methodical mind. 他的思路清晰有條理。 By nature he was clean and neat. 他生性幹淨整潔。 - (informal)
Don't be a neat freak. Relax. A little clutter won't kill you. 不要做一個潔癖者。放鬆。一點點雜亂不會要你的命。
Extra ExamplesShe was a very efficient, neat woman. 她是個能幹利落的女子。 Neil turned up the next day looking very clean and neat. 尼爾第二天出現了，看起來非常幹淨整潔。 The children are always neat and tidy. 孩子們總是幹幹淨淨，整整齊齊的。
small, with an attractive shape or appearance 小巧優雅的 her neat figure 她那嬌小玲珑的身材 The puppies’ ears should be neat and in proportion to the head. 小狗的耳朵應該整齊，與頭部成比例。
simple but clever 簡潔的；睿智的；靈巧的 a neat explanation 簡明的解釋 a neat solution to the problem 解決這個問題的捷徑 The film has a lot of neat tricks and clever editing. 這部電影有許多巧妙的技巧和巧妙的剪輯。 We can't put people and events into neat little boxes. 我們不能把人和事放進整潔的小盒子裏。
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good; excellent 好的；極好的 - (British English) (also straight British and North American English)
(especially of alcoholic drinks 尤指酒 not mixed with water or anything else 未摻水的；純的 neat whisky 純威士忌酒
Word Originlate 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.