| 词汇 | tidy |
| 释义 | tidy Ⅰ adjective 1 large, considerable. As in the song sung by Boy Scouts: 'The great meat pie was a tidy size, / And it took a week to make it, / A day to carry it to the shop, / And just a week to bake it' UK, 1838. 2 satisfactory; good; decent; correct. Widely exampled by John Edwards, Talk Tidy ! (the title is defined in the book as 'speak properly!'), 1985 UK, 1844. 3 sexually attractive; sexy UK, 2000 Ⅱ ⇨ tidy and neat; tidy verb to eat. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 Ⅲ ⇨ tidy; tidy up verb 1 to make something orderly, clean, etc UK, 1821. 2 to wash the vulva and vagina TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1978 tidy away tidy sth away • tidy away sth BrE to put things back in the place where they should be, especially after you have been using them: Anthea looked at her watch and began to tidy her papers away. All the dinner things had been neatly tidied away.■ SIMILAR TO: put away, clear away tidy up 1. tidy up • tidy up sth • tidy sth up BrE to make a place look neater by putting things in their proper places: Would you mind tidying up a bit before the guests arrive? They waited while the maids tidied up their hotel room.tidy up after sb (=make a place look neater after someone has made it untidy) She got fed up with tidying up after her husband all the time, and went back to live with her mother.■ SIMILAR TO: clear uptidy-up n singular BrE when you make a place look neater by putting things in their proper places: I'll just give the house a quick tidy-up and then we can go out.2. tidy yourself up especially BrE to make yourself look tidier or cleaner, for example by washing your face or brushing your hair: Janine went upstairs to tidy herself up before her date. Trish insisted on tidying herself up in the nearest ladies' lounge.■ SIMILAR TO: smarten yourself up3. tidy up sth • tidy sth up especially BrE to make a few small changes to something, especially a piece of written work, in order to improve it or finish it: I just want to tidy up a few things and then you can read it. (redirected from tidy) tidy up1. To make something or some place cleaner, neater, or more organized in appearance. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "tidy" and "up." You really need to tidy up your room. It's like a pigsty in there! I've been meaning to tidy up the bookshelves—I'm sick of having all those books thrown in a heap. 2. To refine something (such as a piece of writing) by removing errors, inconsistences, offensive elements, etc. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "tidy" and "up." I paid an editor to tidy up my manuscript, and after that I got multiple offers! No radio station will play this song as-is—you need to tidy it up a bit and remove the foul language. tidy something upto clean something up; to make something more orderly. Please tidy this room up. I'll tidy up the kitchen later. tidy upto clean up [oneself or a place]. Please tidy up. This place is a mess. Please tidy up. You are a mess. tidy upv. 1. To put something in order; clean something: We should tidy up the house. We need to tidy this report up before we can submit it. 2. To make things orderly and neat in appearance or procedure: We should tidy up before the guests arrive. I need to tidy up; my hair is a mess. |
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