neat的意思|neat的解释-里氏词典

neat [ni:t]

a. 整洁的, 巧妙的, 匀称的, 简洁的

n. 牛

neat

[ adj ]

clean or organized

<adj.all>

her neat dress

a neat room

showing care in execution

<adj.all>

neat homework

neat handwriting

free from what is tawdry or unbecoming

<adj.all>

a neat style

a neat set of rules

she hated to have her neat plans upset

free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed

<adj.all>

he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek

a clean throw

the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife

very good

<adj.all>

he did a bully job

a neat sports car

had a great time at the party

you look simply smashing

without water

<adj.all>

took his whiskey neat

Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. {Neater}; superl. {Neatest}.] [OE.
nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf.
{Nitid}, {Net}, a., {Natty}.]
1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean;
cleanly; tidy.

If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor
body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.
--Law.

2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry;
simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful;
chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.

3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as,
neat brandy; to drink one's vodka neat. Hence: (Chem.)
Pure; undiluted; as, dissolved in neat acetone. ``Our old
wine neat.'' --Chapman.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice;
finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.

5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.

Note: [In this sense usually written {net}. See {Net}, a.,
3.]

{neat line} (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be
built or formed.

{Neat work}, work built or formed to neat lines.

Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.

Neat \Neat\ (n[=e]t), n. sing. & pl. [AS. ne['a]t; akin to OHG.
n[=o]z, Icel. naut, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d, and to AS.
ne['o]tan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have
a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.] (Zo["o]l.)
Cattle of the genus {Bos}, as distinguished from horses,
sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus {Bos}; as, a neat's
tongue; a neat's foot. --Chaucer.

Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat.
--Spenser.

The steer, the heifer, and the calf
Are all called neat. --Shak.

A neat and a sheep of his own. --Tusser.

{Neat's-foot}, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat
cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.

Neat \Neat\, a. [See {neat}, n.]
Of or pertaining to the genus {Bos}, or to cattle of that
genus; as, neat cattle.

"I think CEO A says to CEO B, 'I have this Macintosh, and it's really neat.'
These neat oppositions may make it sound as though this play is some symmetrical contest between the forces for and against change in South Africa.
We stroll through the monks' graveyard, neat, unadorned tomb stones laid out like a soldier's cemetery. Before going, a look at the visitor's book.
"What we have tried to do is make sure that cab drivers are clean and neat, and that they don't have objectionable odors," City Councilman Joel Wachs told reporters at a downtown taxi stand.
She is neat, too.
A neat little device for measuring the height of the tennis net (vital now that the heads of racquets are so big) at Pounds 14.95 would make a good stocking present.
However, a number of technical difficulties still limit a neat factoring in of tax expenditures.
At all those moments when the music should make the listener want to get up and dance, John Mauceri and his orchestra have their noses in the score, making sure textures are nicely balanced, rhythms neat, speeds judicious.
Still others, including student body President Jason Thompson of Allen High School in Dallas, support policies encouraging neat appearance.
Oh, sure, people laughed at first. "We'd talk to investors. They'd say: `Sounds neat.
Indeed, President Kim Il Sung, known locally as the Great Leader, keeps his country so neat that at times it has an eerie, almost unlived-in quality.
"It's going to be neat to have the first lady on the video with me.
Lloyds Bank's bid for the Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society is very neat.
Heavy metal "is a destructive lifestyle," Clifford said, testifying in businessman's suit and neat haircut. "It got me into drug abuse, alcoholism.
Most of the plants in this plantio had been laid out in neat rows, perhaps from years of habit, making them easier to spot in the tangle of trees and bushes.
But look at this "neat" deal.
Weeds and tall grass run out of control where long benches once were lined up in neat rows.
Many institutions will, in effect, swap shares they don't want for Wellcome shares they do. So far, so neat.
Thirteen thousand two hundred eighty-one people paid to watch the thinclads at the neat little stadium on the campus of Indiana University/Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI), known hereabouts as "ooey-pooey."
The letter is merely "an invitation to discuss the matter, a neat little vehicle to catch your attention," the attorney said.
A neat trick, but he pulled it off superbly.
His immediate mission is to gain respectability for the MSI, long treated as the pariah of Italian politics because of its identification with the fascism of Mussolini. Always affable and immaculately neat, Mr Fini thrives on politics.
Its offices and factory are neat and modish, at least by Chinese standards.
In view of such experiences, Ms. Rappaport believes there is "no clean, neat solution."
"It was really neat meeting him," the boy said after Charles left for the embassy reception honoring alumni of the Marshall Scholars program.
"He's a neat kid, he's in seventh grade and we need a certified teacher to teach him," Latham said.
If you are choosing a plain style, check for neat top-stitching, even hems and attractive buttons and cufflinks.
As neat as the idea seems, anthropologists attack it on several grounds.
The fourth channel was therefore a neat political solution to a social and cultural problem. The fact that Cardiff is a national capital, rather than just the centre of a region, influences the printed media, too.
"He's just a part of the community," said Curt Loyd, executive director of the Bentonville Chamber of Commerce. "He's a neat person.

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