| 单词 | tidy |
| 释义 | tidy (once / 724 pages) 1adjvn 2adj Use the adjective tidy for something that is neat and clean. If your desk were more tidy, you would be able to find your computer. Tidy (or tidy up) also means “to clean up” and is also a noun for a container for small objects, like scraps or sewing materials. These senses of tidy have a formal or even old-fashioned note. (We’re more likely to say clean, organize, or bin now in everyday conversation.) A less informal use is as an adjective, meaning “large.” If you can put the word tidy before your profit or the sum in your bank account, it’s a good thing. WORD FAMILYtidy: tidied, tidier, tidies, tidiest, tidily, tidiness, tidying, untidy+/untidiness: untidinesses/untidy: untidier, untidiest, untidily, untidiness USAGE EXAMPLESWhat’s magical about “Paterson” — and what may frustrate those seeking a tidier, prosier experience — is its refusal to settle for clear answers. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) His heists grew in finesse, and were always tidy and efficient. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) “Silence” is as visually striking as you might expect, but also overly tidy, clean and decorous, despite its tortured flesh, its mud and its blood. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1adj marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits a tidy person a tidy house a tidy mind Syn|Ant clean free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits fastidiousgiving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness clean-cut, trig, trimneat and smart in appearance neat, orderlyclean or organized neatshowing care in execution rulyneat and tidy shipshape, trim, well-keptof places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder slicked uphaving been made especially tidy straightneatly arranged; not disorderly uncluttered, unlitteredhaving nothing extraneous groomedneat and smart in appearance; well cared for untidy not neat and tidy dirty, soiled, uncleansoiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime unfastidiousmarked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness blowsy, blowzy, slatternly, sluttishcharacteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women cluttered, litteredfilled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish disheveled, dishevelled, frowzled, rumpled, tousledin disarray; extremely disorderly disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvyin utter disorder frowsy, frowzy, slovenlynegligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt messy, mussydirty and disorderly scragglylacking neatness or order sloppylacking neatness or order slouchylacking stiffness in form or posture rambling, sprawling, straggling, stragglyspreading out in different directions unkemptnot properly maintained or cared for ungroomednot neat and smart in appearance 2adj (of hair) neat and tidy Syn kempt groomed neat and smart in appearance; well cared for 3v put (things or places) in order Tidy up your room! Syn|Hypo|Hyper clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy up make, make up put in order or neaten clean, clean house, housecleanclean and tidy up the house G.I., GIclean in preparation for inspection spring-cleanthoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year order bring order to or into 4n receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials) 2Hyper receptacle a container that is used to put or keep things in adj large in amount or extent or degree a tidy sum of money Syn goodish, goodly, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable considerable large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree |
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