shipshape

ship·shape

S0348600 (shĭp′shāp′)adj. Orderly and neat; tidy: made sure the room was shipshape before the guests arrived.

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[Short for obsolete shipshapen, arranged as a ship should be : ship + shapen, past participle of shape.]

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ship′shape′ adv.

shipshape

(ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp) adjneat; orderlyadvin a neat and orderly manner

ship•shape

(ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp)

adj. 1. in good order; trim or tidy. adv. 2. in a shipshape manner. [1635–45]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

shipshape - of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"trim, well-kepttidy - marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"

shipshape

adjective tidy, neat, orderly, trim, businesslike, well-organized, uncluttered, well-ordered, well-regulated, spick-and-span, trig (archaic or dialect), Bristol fashion We moved in and soon had the place shipshape.

shipshape

adjectiveIn good order or clean condition:neat, orderly, snug, spick-and-span, spruce, taut, tidy, trig, trim, well-groomed.Chiefly British: tight.Idiom: neat as a pin.

Translations

井然有序的整齐的

ship

(ʃip) noun1. a large boat. The ship sank and all the passengers and crew were drowned. 船 船2. any of certain types of transport that fly. a spaceship. 飛船 飞船 verb – past tense, past participle shipped – to send or transport by ship. The books were shipped to Australia. 用船運輸 用船运输ˈshipment noun1. a load of goods sent by sea. a shipment of wine from Portugal. 海運貨物 海运货物2. the sending of goods by sea. 海運 海运ˈshipper noun a person who arranges for goods to be shipped. a firm of shippers. 發貨人，托運人 发货人，托运人 ˈshipping noun ships taken as a whole. The harbour was full of shipping. 船舶總稱 船舶（总称） ˈship-broker noun1. an agent whose job is to buy or sell ships. 船舶經紀人 船舶经纪人2. an insurance agent for ships. 船舶保險人 水险掮客ˈshipbuilder noun a person whose business is the construction of ships. a firm of shipbuilders. 造船業者 造船公司ˈshipbuilding noun 造船業 造船业ˈshipowner noun a person or company that owns a ship or ships. 船東 船主ˌshipˈshape adjective in good order. She left everything shipshape in her room when she left. 井然有序的 整齐的，井然有序的 ˈshipwreck noun1. the accidental sinking or destruction of a ship. There were many shipwrecks on the rocky coast. 船難沉沒或毀損 船只失事2. a wrecked ship. an old shipwreck on the shore. 船隻殘骸 失事船的残骸 verbWe were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa. 遭受海難 遭受海难ˈshipyard noun a place where ships are built or repaired. 造船廠 造船厂，船坞 ship water (of a boat) to let water in over the side. The boat shipped water and nearly capsized. 船艙進水 船舱进水