tidy

英 ['ta?d?] 美['ta?di]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?tidies;過去式:?tidied;過去分詞:?tidied;現(xiàn)在分詞:?tidying;比較級:?tidier;最高級:?tidiest;副詞:?tidily;名詞:?tidiness;

tidy 整齊的，整潔的

來自 tide,時(shí)令，季節(jié)，-y,形容詞后綴，對應(yīng) timely.即適時(shí)的，當(dāng)令的。引申詞義情況好的，整潔的，整齊的。

tidy: tidy: [13] Tidy originally meant ‘timely, seasonable’ (it was a derivative of tide, in the now superannuated sense ‘time, season’). It early on evolved metaphorically to ‘goodlooking’, and hence ‘good’, but the modern sense ‘neat’ did not emerge until the 18th century. Titivate [19] may have been based on tidy.
=> tide, titivate
tidy (v.): "to make neat, set in order," 1821, from tidy (adj.). Related: Tidied; tidying.
tidy (adj.): mid-13c., "in good condition, healthy," probably originally "in season, timely, opportune, excellent" (though this sense is not attested until mid-14c.), from tide (n.) in the sense of "season, time" + -y (2). Of persons, "of neat and orderly habits," from 1706. Similar formation in Old High German zitig, German zeitig, Dutch tijdig, Danish tidig "timely," Old English tidlic "temporal," also "timely, seasonable."

1. I'll do your garden, I'll keep that tidy for you.: 我會(huì)幫你弄弄花園，幫你保持它的整潔。

2. Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen, the place was a mess.: 除了廚房特別干凈外，這地方一片狼藉。

3. "Make the punishment fit the crime." How neat and tidy it sounded.: “罪罰相當(dāng)”，這聽起來多么簡潔。