Tra từ neat - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

neat [neat neats neater neatest] BrE [niːt] NAmE [niːt] adjective (neat·er, neat·est)
1. tidy and in order; carefully done or arranged
•a neat desk
•neat handwriting
•neat rows of books
• She was wearing a neat black suit.
• They sat in her neat and tidy kitchen.
2. (of people)liking to keep things tidy and in order; looking tidy or doing things in a tidy way
• Try and be neater!
• He had a neat methodical mind.
3. small, with a pleasing shape or appearance
Syn: ↑trim
•her neat figure
•The puppies' ears should be neat and in proportion to the head.
4. simple but clever
•a neat explanation
•a neat solution to the problem
5. (NAmE, informal)good; excellent
•It's a really neat movie.
•We had a great time— it was pretty neat.
6. (BrE) (NAmE straight) (especially of alcoholic drinks)not mixed with water or anything else
•neat whisky
Derived Words: ↑neatly ▪ ↑neatness
See also: ↑straight

Word Origin:
late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘clean, free from impurities’): from French net, from Latin nitidus ‘shining’, from nitere ‘to shine’; related to ↑net (adjective). The sense ‘bright’ (now obsolete) was recorded in English in the late 16th cent.

Thesaurus:
neat adj. (usually approving)
•He sorted his papers into a neat pile.
ordered • • orderly • • uncluttered • |especially BrE tidy •
Opp: untidy, (formal)Opp: disorderly
neat/orderly/tidy rows
a/an neat/orderly/tidy arrangement
a/an neat/uncluttered/tidy house/room
Neat, orderly or tidy? Neat is the most general of these words and can describe sb's appearance, a place or an arrangement of things such as a row or pile; tidy usually describes a place such as a room or desk; orderly usually describes the way things are arranged in rows or piles.

Example Bank:
•I've made the front lawn all neat and tidy.
•She kept her desk extremely neat.
•The handwriting was surprisingly neat.
•By nature he was clean and neat.
•Each resident is expected to keep their room neat.
•He sorted his papers into a neat pile.
•Neil turned up the next day looking very clean and neat.
•She was a very efficient, neat woman.
•The children are always neat and tidy.
•The desks were in neat rows.
•This hairstyle is easy to keep neat and tidy.
•We were soon passing the neat lawns of the suburbs.
•You've got very neat handwriting!