shipshape
🇬🇧 UK/'ʃipʃeip/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Meticulously neat, tidy, and well-organized.
整洁有序的,井井有条的
adv.
In a neat and tidy manner.
整洁地,整齐地
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native EnglishCommon Collocations
- 1.shipshape and Bristol fashion整洁有序、一丝不苟
- 2.keep shipshape保持整洁有序
- 3.[get shipshape]整理得井井有条
- 4.neat and shipshape干净整洁
Example Sentences
- 1.
The captain insisted on keeping the vessel absolutely shipshape at all times.
- 2.
She spent the whole morning getting her office shipshape before the inspection.
- 3.
Everything must be shipshape and ready before the guests arrive tonight.