| 单词 | neat |
| 释义 | neat I. < neat cattle > < neat stall > < neat leather > < a lion in a herd of neat — Shakespeare > II. 1. 2. a. < neat brandy > < a remark is not to be taken neat, but watered with the ideas of common sense — O.W.Holmes †1894 > b. < neat cement > < neat plaster > c. of raw silk 3. obsolete < still to be neat, still to be dressed as if going to a feast — Ben Jonson > 4. a. < neat patch > < neat joint > < neat handwriting > b. < neat set of rules > < hated to have her neat plans upset > < not all human problems have neat solutions > c. < neat theft > < a neat way of carving up a chicken > < mathematics … retains the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife — Bertrand Russell > d. < saw through his neat little plan > < neat device for shelling peas > e. < small neat hands > < a neat-fingered worker > 5. < neat housewife > < the cat is neat in its habits > 6. a. < neat profit > b. < a neat little fortune > 7. slang < neat bicycle > < we had a neat time at the circus > Synonyms: < she could be to the last degree slatternly. Or she could be as neat as a pin — Arnold Bennett > < as a rule he was neat in his person, but now his clothes were in disorder — W.S.Maugham > < neat minds, who prefer things in their proper places, ticketed and pigeon-holed — W.M.Dixon > tidy now commonly suggests a pleasing neatness and order diligently maintained < he's always tidy without being smart; his coat is old and his trousers are uncreased, but they're both clean, and nothing's loose or torn — Richard Harrison > < he told me of his childhood in the tidy brick house, and of his mother's passionate orderliness — W.S.Maugham > trim suggests neat smartness like that given by clean lines, good proportion, and compact, orderly arragement < a trim clipper ship > < spotless and trim, with shining spectacles and a white apron — Eden Phillpotts > < the sward was trim as any garden lawn — Alfred Tennyson > trig may suggest jaunty neatness < so trig in fashionable clothes that he made me feel awkward and uncomfortable — Irving Bacheller > snug may suggest trim neatness with compact order in stowage and fine firmness of line and construction < a snug little ship > < Farmer Matson reached the snug little cabin which was his headquarters — F.V.W.Mason > shipshape implies a tidiness and order befitting a ship likely to undergo sudden peril or difficulty < in shipshape order > < leaving the account in shipshape condition > spick-and-span suggests the brightness and freshness of the completely clean < no spots came on his clothes. No slovenly habits crept upon him. He was always spick-and-span — W.A.White > < the automobile owner who likes to keep his car spick-and-span between washings — New Yorker > III. 1. obsolete 2. obsolete IV. |
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