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arranged neatly and with everything in order 整洁的;整齐的;井然有序的;井井有条的 a tidy desk 整洁的书桌 She keeps her flat very tidy. 她把她的单元房间保持得很整洁。 I like everything to be neat and tidy. 我喜欢一切都井井有条。 The room was clean and tidy. 这房间干净整洁。 The place has never looked so tidy. 这个地方从来没有这么整洁过。
Extra ExamplesIt was a neatly furnished and immaculately tidy room. 这是一个陈设简洁、干净整齐的房间。 She admired the incredibly tidy garden. 她羡慕这个极其整洁的花园。 Why does nothing ever stay tidy around here? 为什么这里没有一样东西能保持整齐? When we had finished the churchyard looked far tidier. 当我们完成后,教堂墓地看起来整洁多了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- clean and tidy
- neat and tidy
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keeping things neat and in order opposite untidy爱整洁的;爱整齐的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- clean and tidy
- neat and tidy
- [only before noun] (informal)
a tidy amount of money is fairly large synonym considerable高额的;可观的
Word OriginMiddle English: from the noun tide + -y. The original meaning was ‘timely, opportune’; it later had various senses expressing approval, usually of a person, including ‘attractive’, ‘healthy’, and ‘skilful’; the sense ‘orderly, neat’ dates from the early 18th cent.