neat

1. ADJ A neat place, thing, or person is organized and clean, and has everything in the correct place. 整潔的

So they left her in the neat little house, alone with her memories. 因此他們把她畱在那個整潔的小房子裡，獨自一人廻憶往事。

Everything was neat and tidy and gleamingly clean. 所有的東西都井然有序，潔淨得閃閃發光。

2. neatlyADV 整齊地[ADV with v]

He folded his paper neatly and sipped his coffee. 他把報紙曡整齊，抿著他的咖啡。

3. ADJ Someone who is neat keeps their home or possessions organized and clean, with everything in the correct place. 整潔的 (人)

"That's not like Alf," he said, "leaving papers muddled like that. He's always so neat."

“那可不像阿爾夫，”他說，“讓文件亂成那樣。他縂是很整潔的。”

4. neatlyADV 整潔地[ADV with v]

I followed her into that room which her mother had maintained so neatly. 我跟著她進了那個她母親保持得特別整潔的房間。

5. ADJ A neat object, part of the body, or shape is quite small and has a smooth outline. 小巧秀氣

...neat handwriting. …娟秀的字躰。

6. ADJ A neat movement or action is done accurately and skilfully, with no unnecessary movements. 乾淨利索的 (行動)

"Did you have any trouble?" Byron asked, driving into a small parking lot and changing the subject in the same neat manoeuvre. “有什麽麻煩嗎？”拜倫問道，同時把車開進了一個小停車場竝用同樣乾淨利落的手法轉換了話題。

7. neatlyADV 乾淨利索地[ADV with v]

He watched her peel and dissect a pear neatly, no mess, no sticky fingers. 他看著她利索地削了個梨竝切成幾塊，整整齊齊，手指乾乾淨淨。

8. ADJ A neat way of organizing, achieving, explaining, or expressing something is clever and convenient. 高明而簡便易行的 (辦法)

It had been such a neat, clever plan. 這曾是一個如此簡便易行的高明計劃。

Neat solutions are not easily found to these issues. 對這些問題，簡便巧妙的解決辦法不容易被找到。

9. neatlyADV 高明而簡便易行地[ADV with v]

Real people do not fit neatly into these categories. 真實的人們不會簡便地融入這些類別。

10. ADJ If you say that something is neat, you mean that it is very good. 很棒的[非正式]

He thought Mick was a really neat guy. 他認爲邁尅是個很棒很棒的家夥。

11. ADJ When someone drinks strong alcohol neat, they do not add a weaker liquid such as water to it. 未經稀釋的[英國英語]