1
- (of a place or thing) arranged in a tidy way; in good order（地点, 物体）整洁的; 整齐的：
the books had been stacked up in neat piles.
书被整齐地堆成了几堆。
1.1
- (of a person) habitually tidy, smart, or well organized（人）爱整洁的：
her daughter was always neat and clean.
她女儿总是又整洁又干净。
1.2
- having a pleasing shape or appearance; well formed or regular美观的; 匀称的; 规则的：
Alan noted down the orders in his neat, precise script.
艾伦工整准确地记下了命令。
1.3
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. very good or pleasant; excellent〈非正式, 主北美〉顶呱呱的, 了不起的; 极好的：
I've been taking lessons in tracking from this really neat Indian guide.
我向这位顶呱呱的印第安人向导学习跟踪。
2
- done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency干净利落的：
Hapgood's neat, precise tackling.
哈普古德干净利落、恰到好处的阻截。
2.1
- tending to disregard specifics for the sake of convenience; slick or facile简练的, 图方便的：
this neat division does not take into account a host of associated factors.
这种简练的划分没有考虑到许多相关因素。
3
- (of liquid, especially spirits) not diluted or mixed with anything else（液体, 尤指烈酒）纯的, 清一的, 净的：
he drank neat Scotch.
他喝纯苏格兰威士忌。
派生词
neatly
adverbneatness
noun词源
late 15th cent. （in the sense 'clean, free from impurities'）： from French net, from Latin nitidus 'shining', from nitere 'to shine'： related to NET2. The sense 'bright' (now obsolete) was recorded in English in the late 16th cent.