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tidy

adjective
 
🔊/ˈtaɪdi/
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(comparative tidier, superlative tidiest)
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  1.  
     (especially British English) arranged neatly and with everything in order整洁的；整齐的；井然有序的；井井有条的
    • a tidy desk整洁的书桌
    • She keeps her flat very tidy.她把她的单元房间保持得很整洁。🔊🔊
    • I like everything to be neat and tidy.我喜欢一切都井井有条。🔊🔊
    • The room was clean and tidy.这房间干净整洁。
    • The place has never looked so tidy.这个地方从来没有看起来那么整洁。
    opposite untidy
    Extra Examples
    • It was a neatly furnished and immaculately tidy room.这是一个陈设简洁、干净整齐的房间。
    • She admired the incredibly tidy garden.她很欣赏那整洁的花园。
    • Why does nothing ever stay tidy around here?为什么这里没有一样东西能保持整齐？
    • When we had finished the churchyard looked far tidier.当我们完成后，墓地显得整洁。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    phrases
    • clean and tidy
    • neat and tidy
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     (especially British English) keeping things neat and in order爱整洁的；爱整齐的
    • I'm a tidy person.我这个人讲究整洁。🔊🔊
    • He is obsessively tidy.他整洁得要命。
    • tidy habits爱整齐的习惯
    opposite untidy
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    phrases
    • clean and tidy
    • neat and tidy
    See full entry
  3. [only before noun] (informal) a tidy amount of money is fairly large 高额的；可观的synonym considerable
    • It must have cost a tidy sum.这准花了相当大的一笔钱。🔊🔊
    • a tidy profit可观的利润
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from the noun tide + -y. The original meaning was ‘timely, opportune’; it later had various senses expressing approval, usually of a person, including ‘attractive’, ‘healthy’, and ‘skilful’; the sense ‘orderly, neat’ dates from the early 18th cent.

tidy

verb
 
🔊/ˈtaɪdi/
🔊/ˈtaɪdi/
[intransitive, transitive] (especially British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tidy
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he / she / it tidies
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past simple tidied
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past participle tidied
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-ing form tidying
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to make something look neat by putting things in the place where they belong使整洁；使整齐；使有条理；整理
    • I spent all morning cleaning and tidying.我用了整个上午的时间清扫整理。🔊🔊
    • tidy something to tidy a room整理房间
    • I've tidied the bedroom and the bathroom. 我整理了卧室和浴室。
    Extra Examples
    • He spent a few minutes tidying his desk.他花了几分钟整理桌子。
    • I've been tidying my room.我一直在整理房间。
    Word OriginMiddle English: from the noun tide + -y. The original meaning was ‘timely, opportune’; it later had various senses expressing approval, usually of a person, including ‘attractive’, ‘healthy’, and ‘skilful’; the sense ‘orderly, neat’ dates from the early 18th cent.

tidy

noun
🔊/ˈtaɪdi/
🔊/ˈtaɪdi/
(plural tidies)
(British English) especially in compounds尤用于构成复合词
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  1. a container for putting small objects in, in order to keep a place tidy盛零碎物品的容器
    • a desk tidy案头文具盒
    Word OriginMiddle English: from the noun tide + -y. The original meaning was ‘timely, opportune’; it later had various senses expressing approval, usually of a person, including ‘attractive’, ‘healthy’, and ‘skilful’; the sense ‘orderly, neat’ dates from the early 18th cent.