tidying
present participle oftidy
| 单词 | tidying |
| 释义 | tidying present participle oftidy tidy verb[IorT] uk/ˈtaɪ.di/us/ˈtaɪ.di/A2 to make aplaceor acollectionof things tidy: Tidy(up)thesepapersbefore youleave,please. I'mtiredofaskingyou to tidyyourroom(up). Have you tidiedupyet,kids? Synonym neaten
Cleaning & tidying places & things
Phrasal verbtidysomethingaway Examplesoftidyingtidying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This book is a welcome contribution to historiographicaltidyingup and to conceptual clarity. From theCambridge English Corpus It is important to note that this reform goes well beyond any 'tidyingup' of to the public sector. From theCambridge English Corpus Editing and proofreading are necessary tasks, liketidyingup the living room before the guests arrive. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, it had the general purpose oftidyingup the physical landscape in which the polite lived. From theCambridge English Corpus Like housework, it is atidyingprocess that is only visible in its absence. From theCambridge English Corpus Tidyingup the language was a means of homogenizing the people, placing symbolic boundaries on them and their behaviour, and signalling the limits of order. From theCambridge English Corpus The grammatical system will go ontidyingitself up in small ways. From theCambridge English Corpus First, there is a good deal oftidyingup to do. From theCambridge English Corpus However, one day when the disorders have all been studied and thetidyingup done, the vein will start to run out. From theCambridge English Corpus Children reported making beds,tidyingrooms, washing up, vacuuming, making breakfasts, cleaning cars, feeding and 'looking after' pets and tidying the home generally. From theCambridge English Corpus Suppose that we want to "clean up" a sequence of persons by processing the string of each name, email, or tel by a correspondingtidyingfunction. From theCambridge English Corpus The tennis courts have already been removed and the work oftidyingthis area is now going on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Others aretidying-up provisions, often to meet concerns raised by petitioners during negotiations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These deadlines are not just about 'tidyingup the desk' before the institutional changes of next year. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It cannot be seen as simply an exercise intidyingup the wording or even in assigning competences. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English 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. |
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