Necklaces

Definition

neat / ni:t / adj ၁။ (က) သပ္ရပ္ေသာ။ ေသသပ္ေသာ။ a neat cupboard/ room ❍ neat work/ writing ❍ arranged in neat rows/piles ❍ We managed to get the garden looking neat and tidy. (ခ) သပ္သပ္ရပ္ရပ္ လုပ္တတ္ေသာ (သူ)။ a neat worker / dresser. ၂။ (က) (အဝတ္) ႐ိုး႐ိုးႏွင့္ သားနားေသာ။ a neat uniform/dress. (ခ) ၾကည့္ေကာင္းေသာ။ her small neat face. ၃။ ကြၽမ္းက်င္ေသာ။ ေသသပ္ေသာ။ 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 ) ေကာင္းေသာ။ အလြန္ေကာင္း ေသာ။ a really neat movie/idea/car. ၅။ ( US usu straight ) ေရမေရာေသာ (အထူးသျဖင့္ အရက္)။ 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]

Examples

1. His hair was pulled back into a neat ponytail.
2. She arranged the papers into three neat piles on her desk.
3. [neat and clean] : Her uniform was always neat and clean.
4. [neat and tidy] : The house was always neat and tidy.
5. Chris is a very neat person.
6. A neat way of solving the problem
7. A neat little cottage
8. He drank his whisky neat.
9. She’s a really neat person – you’ll like her.
10. The clean clothes were neatly folded.
11. She was always neatly dressed.
12. The professor neatly summarized the history of the oil crisis.