tidy用作形容詞的意思是“整潔的; 整齊的”,轉化為動詞意思是“使整潔; 使整齊”,指把物件放回到適當位置使之不再雜亂。tidy是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。tidy away的意思是“收拾走”;tidy out的意思是“整理好,收拾好”;tidy up的意思是“收拾整潔”。

副詞:tidily;比較級:tidier;名詞:tidiness;名詞復數:tidies;過去式:tidied;過去分詞:tidied;現在分詞:tidying;第三人稱單數:tidies

常見句型

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語

I was shown into a tidy living room.

我被引到一間很整潔的起居室里。

That must have cost you a tidy sum.

那必定讓你花了一大筆錢。

用作表語

His bedroom was not very tidy.

他的臥室不太整齊。

用作動詞 (v.)

用作及物動詞

She tidied her hair and looked at him tenderly.

她梳了梳頭發,溫柔地看著他。

She washed her face, tidied her hair and went down to sea.

她洗了臉,整理了一下頭發就下海去了。

He helped her to wash up the dishes and tidy the room.

他幫她洗刷盤碟,收拾著屋子。

He tidied the books and papers on the table.

他把桌上的書籍和文件整理了一下。

It took me all morning to tidy the kitchen.

整理廚房花了我一上午時間。

I have to tidy my thoughts.

我得理一下思路。