| 释义 |
neaten, v.|ˈniːt(ə)n|
[-en5.]
To make neat. Often const. up.
1898Sun 23 Apr. 4/1 The neck is neatened with a collar-band and tabbed collar. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §4/4 Arrange; Put in order; Clean up..neaten up. 1954Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia) 11 Mar. 10/1 (heading) Shrubs and fences neaten up yards. 1970‘H. Pentecost’ Plague of Violence (1972) ii. ii. 92 If the killers had tried to neaten up the room after a struggle, they couldn't have put everything back in place just as it had been. 1972Daily Tel. 27 May 9/7 Finally, pulling and weaving neatens the whole nest. |