| 单词 | neat |
| 释义 | neat (once / 200 pages) 1adj 2adj If you're neat, you're clean and tidy. A neat roommate is usually easier to live with than a sloppy one. And a neat mustache is probably better than a big bushy one. Your neat handwriting might have made you the pride of your third-grade teacher, and your neat hairstyle will pass muster with your ballet instructor (who insists on a very tidy bun on every dancer's head). You can also use the word neat to mean "great," "cool," or "super." Neat comes from the Old French net, "clear or pure," from the Latin nitidus, "gleaming." Since the 1930s, it's also meant "very good." WORD FAMILYneat: neaten, neater, neatest, neatly, neatness+/neatness: neatnesses USAGE EXAMPLES“That’s kind of cool and neat in itself,” he said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Cue a UN summit about cyberwarfare, and the development of some code of conduct, or an anti-cyberwarfare treaty that provides historians with a neat endpoint. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) The restaurant owner says if a guest orders an angel shot neat, a bartender will escort them to their car. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj clean or organized her neat dress a neat room Syn orderly tidy marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits 2adj showing care in execution neat homework neat handwriting Syn tidy marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits 3adj free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife Syn clean adroit quick or skillful or adept in action or thought 4adj free from what is tawdry or unbecoming a neat style a neat set of rules she hated to have her neat plans upset Syn refined, tasteful elegant refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style 5adj very good 2a neat sports car Syn bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell good having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified adj without water took his whiskey neat Syn full-strength, straight undiluted not diluted |
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