"shipshape" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 井然有序

Definition

整齊、井然有序，非常有條理。常用來形容房間或地方乾淨整齊。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

'Shipshape' 是非正式用詞，常接在‘be’, ‘look’, ‘keep’等動詞後作形容詞（如 'keep it shipshape'）。原本形容船上整齊，現已用於各種整齊有序的事物。亦常見 'shipshape and Bristol fashion' 來加強語氣。

Examples

The kitchen is clean and shipshape.

廚房很乾淨，**井然有序**。

Everything in his desk is shipshape.

他桌上的所有東西都**井然有序**。

My room looks shipshape after I cleaned it.

我打掃後，我的房間看起來**井然有序**。

It took us hours to get the garage shipshape before the guests arrived.

我們花了好幾個小時才把車庫整理得**井然有序**，好讓客人來時看起來好看。

She always keeps her files shipshape so she can find them easily.

她總是把檔案整理得**井然有序**，很容易找到。

By the time the inspector arrived, everything was shipshape and ready.

檢查員到時，一切都**井然有序**，準備好了。