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Natty describes clothes, or a person in them, that look neat and fashionable in a tidy, careful way — a well-cut jacket, polished shoes, a small sharp hat — not loud or messy fashion. It started as slang. Where it came from is not settled: it is perhaps related to natural, and some people have also tied it to knotty; treat both as “perhaps,” not as a clean family tree. The word feels a bit old-fashioned and more British than American. You will still meet “a natty dresser” in books. Today people more often say smart, stylish, or sharp. It is a compliment about looks, not about behaviour.
衣著整潔時髦的
組成Originally slang. Perhaps related to natural; it has also been treated as a variant of knotty. Scholars do not agree, so the origin is not settled.
同家族的字
- nattilythe adverb: in a natty way
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Nattyname
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slangNatural beer, an economy brand of pale lager.
- Natty Ice; Natty Light
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A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.
nattyadj詞源 1/ˈnæti/
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informalSmart and fashionable.
- “They’d look very natty, arm-in-crook together, and their best clothes on, whether or no, if he’s at all the well-favoured fellow he used to be.”
- 'One of our witnesses has already had the misfortune to be rather badly run down while cycling, and I've had a natty-looking box of chocolates by post from an "unknown friend" myself,' replied the inspector.
nattyadj詞源 2/ˈnæti/
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slangKnotty.
- natty dreadlocks
nattyadj詞源 3/ˈnæti/
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slanghobbieslifestylesportsNatural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.
- natty gains
nattynoun詞源 3/ˈnæti/
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slanghobbieslifestylesportsSomeone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.
nattyadj詞源 4/ˈnæti/
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slangNational.
nattynoun詞源 4/ˈnæti/
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slanghobbieslifestylesportsA national championship.
- I hope my favorite team makes it to the natty this season.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。