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arranged neatly and with everything in order 整潔的;整齊的;井然有序的;井井有條的 a tidy desk 整潔的書桌 She keeps her flat very tidy. 她把她的單元房間保持得很整潔。 I like everything to be neat and tidy. 我喜歡一切都井井有條。 The room was clean and tidy. 這房間幹淨整潔。 The place has never looked so tidy. 這個地方從來沒有這麽整潔過。
Extra ExamplesIt was a neatly furnished and immaculately tidy room. 這是一個陳設簡潔、幹淨整齊的房間。 She admired the incredibly tidy garden. 她羨慕這個極其整潔的花園。 Why does nothing ever stay tidy around here? 爲什麽這裏沒有一樣東西能保持整齊? When we had finished the churchyard looked far tidier. 當我們完成後,教堂墓地看起來整潔多了。
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愛整潔的;愛整齊的 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高額的;可觀的
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.