单词	well-kept
释义	well-keptˌwell-ˈkept adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Our old house, now covered with ivy, still looked pretty and well-kept. Visitors should tour the palace, but don't forget the well-kept grounds -- well worth a visit. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS From its registration number it was only three years old, and it looked well-kept, the front tyres were new. Her well-kept secret finally was revealed Tuesday. I loved the orderliness of their little bungalow, and their well-kept garden. It was one of those large affairs sometimes known as colonial, with well-kept grounds stretching out in all directions. Precisely what was said between them to prompt the scuffle remains a fairly well-kept secret, but conditions certainly were incendiary enough. The hotel has a new indoor pool leading directly on to the well-kept gardens with table tennis and sun-bathing lawns. The whereabouts of the horse hormone farms and the numbers of animals involved are extraordinarily well-kept secrets. Thesaurus THESAURUS► tidy British English a place, room etc that is tidy looks nice because everything has been arranged and put in the right place: · a tidy desk· I want to leave the place clean and tidy before we go. ► neat use this about things that are carefully arranged in a way that is nice to look at: · a neat pile of towels· The room was neat and tidy. ► immaculate a place or thing that is immaculate is perfectly clean and neat – use this to emphasize how clean something looks: · Our house was always immaculate. ► well-kept a well-kept building or garden is very well cared for and looks neat and clean: · a large house on well-kept grounds ► orderly arranged or organized in a sensible or neat way: · The room was orderly and uncluttered. Longman Language Activatora tidy place/room/group of things► tidy British a place, room etc that is tidy looks nice because everything has been arranged and put in the right place tidy: · Andrew's apartment is always so tidy.· That looks a bit tidier now, doesn't it?· a tidy deskkeep something tidy: · I think the least you could do is keep your own bedroom tidy.· My job was to mow the grass and keep the garden looking generally tidy.clean and tidy/neat and tidy/nice and tidy: · We spent the morning getting the whole house clean and tidy.· I want to leave the place nice and tidy before we go. ► neat use this about things that are carefully arranged or shaped in a way that is nice to look at: · Mrs Woodie cut the sandwiches in neat squares.· The room was neat, though a bit dusty.· Billy's cottage was set back off the road, behind a neat little hedge. neat pile/row: · He put his clothes in a neat pile on the bed.· His jackets were arranged in a neat row in the closet.neat and tidy: · I like to see everything looking neat and tidy. ► immaculate a place or thing that is immaculate is perfectly clean and neat -- use this to emphasize how clean something looks: · Our house was immaculate, and Mother taught us to be polite and deferential to visitors.· a tiny harbour ringed with immaculate white clapboard housesimmaculate suit/shirt/uniform etc: · He was dressed in an immaculate navy suit and a crisp white shirt.· tall, blond soldiers in immaculate uniforms ► well-kept a well-kept building or garden is very well cared for and looks neat and clean: · Our old house, now covered with ivy, still looked pretty and well-kept.· Visitors should tour the palace, but don't forget the well-kept grounds -- well worth a visit. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► garden · The hotel has a new indoor pool leading directly on to the well-kept gardens with table tennis and sun-bathing lawns.· I loved the orderliness of their little bungalow, and their well-kept garden.· There were greenhouses and well-kept gardens.· There is a wonderfully positioned swimming pool with relaxing sunloungers, surrounded by well-kept gardens and a lovely loggia. ► secret · The whereabouts of the horse hormone farms and the numbers of animals involved are extraordinarily well-kept secrets.· Her well-kept secret finally was revealed Tuesday.· Precisely what was said between them to prompt the scuffle remains a fairly well-kept secret, but conditions certainly were incendiary enough.· It was one of the less well-kept secrets in the paddock. 1a well-kept building or garden is very well cared for and looks neat and clean ► see thesaurus at tidy2a well-kept secret is known only to a few people
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