untidy

adjective
🔊/ʌnˈtaɪdi/
🔊/ʌnˈtaɪdi/
(comparative untidier, superlative untidiest)
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  1. not neat or well arranged; not in order不整洁的;不整齐的;凌乱的
    • an untidy desk凌乱的办公桌
    • untidy hair蓬乱的头发
    Extra Examples
    • Everything was dreadfully untidy.所有东西乱作一团。
    • I'm afraid the house will have to stay untidy for now.恐怕这房子暂时还得这么脏乱一阵。
    • My son had left the studio very untidy.我儿子把工作室弄得乱七八糟。
    • The books were piled an untidy heap.书胡乱地堆放着。
    • Try not to make the place untidy.尽量别把这个地方弄得乱七八糟的。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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  2. (of a person) not keeping things neat or well organized无条理的;不修边幅的
    • Why do you have to be so untidy?你为什么非得这么邋遢?🔊🔊
    • I've become more untidy since I stopped going out to work.自从不出去工作以来,我变得更加邋遢了。
    opposite tidy
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    See full entry