/?ni?.t??n/to make somethingtidy:使整洁,整理She'scarefulto neaten herdeskbefore sheleavesin theevening.她晚上离开之前都会仔细地把桌子收拾整齐。Could you neatenupthosebookshelves,please?请把那些书架收拾整齐好吗?SynonymtidySMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCleaning & tidying places & things
adjust
airing
bed
clean(someone/something)up
cleansomethingout
dusting
freshen
freshen(someone/something)up
going-over
Hoover
hooversomethingup
muck
sandblast
smarten(someone/something)up
spiffsomeone/somethingup
spit and polishidiom
spring-clean
spruce
tidy
valet
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Examplesofneaten
neatenIn the 1950s, the postwar emphasis on domesticity extended to comparing cosmetic procedures to sewing, and face-lifts as a way to "neaten" or "tidy up" one's face.From theCambridge English CorpusScissoring will be required every 68 weeks toneatenand shape the coat while regular exposure to water will promote the correct ringlets over the body coat.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/neaten##