词组 | tidy |
释义 | tidy /ˈtaɪdi/ adjective especially BrE a room, house, desk etc that is tidy is neatly arranged with everything in the right placeverbskeep sth tidy I try to keep my desk tidy.verbsa tidy house We sat at the dinner table in his tidy house. a tidy room It was a small, tidy room, with white walls.a tidy garden Out of the window, Daisy admired the incredibly tidy garden. a tidy pile of sth There were tidy piles of folded shirts. You can also use tidy about people who always keep things tidy: She had always been a tidy person who tried to keep everything in order. phrasesneat and tidy/clean and tidy Ellen’s room is always neat and tidy.THESAURUS: tidy neatpile | row | hair | clothes | handwriting use this about things that are carefully arranged in a way that is nice to look at: There was a neat pile of towels on the bed. | The chairs are arranged in neat rows. | His hair was always very neat. | Spencer wore neat clothes and acted like a gentleman. | The letter was written in her tiny neat handwriting. | The room was neat and tidy. immaculate /ɪˈmækjələt, ɪˈmækjʊlət/clothes | hair | room | house perfectly clean and neat – use this to emphasize how clean something looks: The other women were all very rich and wore immaculate clothes. | Her black hair was immaculate and the pure silk violet dress fitted her to perfection. | The room has the immaculate, antiseptic air of a hospital laboratory. | The house was always immaculate and everything was highly polished. well-keptgarden | lawn | grounds | houses | beaches a well-kept place is very well cared for and looks neat and clean: The house was surrounded by well-kept gardens. | The advertisement talked about a large house on well-kept grounds. | It is a pretty neighborhood with old and well-kept houses. | There are well-kept sandy beaches dotted with colourful umbrellas. orderlyrow | fashion | manner | queue arranged or organized in a sensible or neat way: The books were in orderly rows arranged according to subject. | If you hear the fire alarm, you should leave the building in an orderly fashion by the nearest exit (=in an orderly way). | Residents formed an orderly queue to receive food packages (=an orderly line of people).ANTONYMS → untidy |
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