neat
/niːt/
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US voice -> neat
(adj) သပ်ရပ်သော။ သေသပ်သော။ သပ်သပ်ရပ်ရပ်လုပ်တတ်သော (သူ)။
၁။ (က) သပ်ရပ်သော။ သေသပ်သော။ a neat cupboard/ room ❍ neat work/ writing ❍ arranged in neat rows/piles ❍ We managed to get the garden looking neat and tidy. (ခ) သပ်သပ်ရပ်ရပ် လုပ်တတ်သော (သူ)။ a neat worker / dresser.
၂။ (က) (အဝတ်) ရိုးရိုးနှင့် သားနားသော။ a neat uniform/dress. (ခ) ကြည့်ကောင်းသော။ her small neat face.
၃။ ကျွမ်းကျင်သော။ သေသပ်သော။ a neat way of doing the job ❍ a neat solution to the problem ❍ He gave a neat summary of the financial situation.
၄။ (infml esp US ) ကောင်းသော။ အလွန်ကောင်း သော။ a really neat movie/idea/car.
၅။ (US usu straight ) ရေမရောသော (အထူးသဖြင့် အရက်)။ a neat whisky/ vodka ❍ drink one's whisky neat ❍ weed-killer applied neat to the lawn. neatly adv neatly trimmed hair ❍ summarize the situation very neatly ❍ The box fitted neatly into the drawer. neatness n [U]
- His hair was pulled back into a neat ponytail.
- She arranged the papers into three neat piles on her desk.
- [neat and clean] : Her uniform was always neat and clean.
- [neat and tidy] : The house was always neat and tidy.
- Chris is a very neat person.
- A neat way of solving the problem
- A neat little cottage
- He drank his whisky neat.
- She’s a really neat person – you’ll like her.
- The clean clothes were neatly folded.
- She was always neatly dressed.
- The professor neatly summarized the history of the oil crisis.
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