
tidiness /ta.di.ns/ n.
整洁,整齐;指事物井然有序、干净利落的状态。
She is known for her tidiness everything in her room has its place.
她以整洁著称房间里的每样东西都有固定的位置。
The tidiness of his handwritten notes impressed the teacher, who was accustomed to reading messy student papers.
他手写笔记的工整让老师印象深刻,因为老师早已习惯了学生们潦草的作业。
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tidiness 由形容词 tidy 加后缀 -ness 构成。tidy 源自中古英语 tidi,最初意为"及时的、合时宜的",与古英语 tīd(时间、季节)有关,后来词义演变为"整齐的、有序的"。后缀 -ness 表示一种性质或状态。整个词的意思就是"整洁的状态"。