neat S2 / nit / 形容词 ( comparative neater , superlative neatest )

1 tidy tidy and carefully arranged :

neat handwriting

His clothes were always neat and clean .

Everything in the house was neat and tidy .

She arranged the books in a nice neat pile.

2 liking things tidy someone who is neat likes to keep things tidy :

I’ve always been quite neat.

3 good American English spoken very good, pleasant, or enjoyable :

That’s a really neat idea.

I liked working for him – he was a neat guy.

4 small something that is neat is small and attractive :

her small, neat features

5 clever formal a neat way of doing or saying something is simple but clever and effective :

In the end we found a very neat solution to the problem.

a neat summary of the main issues

6 drinks especially British English a neat alcoholic drink has no ice or water or any other liquid added 同义词 straight :

I can’t drink brandy neat.

drinking neat whisky

— neatly 副词 :

He wrote his name neatly at the bottom of the page.

The problem was neatly summed up by one of the teachers.

— neatness 名词 [不可数名词]