Spiffy means smart-looking in a pleasing, put-together way — neat, clean, stylish. It is used for clothes and appearance above all ('a spiffy new suit', 'You look spiffy'), and also for objects that look sharp and new: a spiffy car, a spiffy website, a spiffy little kitchen.

Spiffy means體面/俐落有型的意思是 smart-looking in a pleasing, put-together way一種討喜、整整齊齊的好看——neat乾淨俐落, clean整潔, stylish有型。It is used for clothes and appearance above all它最常用來形容衣著和外表 ('a spiffy new suit'一套體面的新西裝, 'You look spiffy'你看起來很有型), and also for objects that look sharp and new也可以用來形容看起來很新穎俐落的物品: a spiffy car一台俐落的車, a spiffy website一個很有型的網站, a spiffy little kitchen一間俐落的小廚房。

The feeling of the word matters as much as the meaning. It is warm, light and a bit old-fashioned, the sort of thing an uncle says.

The feeling of the word matters as much as the meaning這個字給人的感覺跟它的意思一樣重要。It is warm, light and a bit old-fashioned它給人的感覺溫暖、輕鬆,又帶點老派, the sort of thing an uncle says是那種叔叔輩會講的話。

Because of that, younger speakers often use it half-jokingly — saying 'spiffy' about your friend's new haircut is a small joke about sounding like your grandfather, while still being a real compliment. It is much more common in American English than British.

Because of that正因為這樣, younger speakers often use it half-jokingly年輕人常常會半開玩笑地用這個字——saying 'spiffy' about your friend's new haircut用「spiffy」形容朋友的新髮型 is a small joke about sounding like your grandfather是在小小調侃自己講話像老一輩, while still being a real compliment但同時也是真心的稱讚。It is much more common in American English than British它在美式英文裡比英式英文常見得多。

Software people have kept it alive in a slightly different way: a 'spiffy' feature means a neat, clever one. There is a related verb phrase, 'spiff up' or 'spiff yourself up', meaning to make something or yourself look better: 'Let me spiff up the slides before the meeting.' That phrase is more used today than the plain adjective.

Software people軟體業的人 have kept it alive in a slightly different way用有點不一樣的方式讓這個字繼續活著: a 'spiffy' feature一個「spiffy」的功能 means a neat, clever one意思是很精巧、聰明的功能。There is a related verb phrase還有一個相關的動詞片語, 'spiff up' or 'spiff yourself up'「spiff up」或「spiff yourself up」, meaning to make something or yourself look better意思是把某樣東西或自己打理得更好看: 'Let me spiff up the slides before the meeting.'「讓我在開會前把投影片弄得漂亮一點。」That phrase is more used today than the plain adjective這個片語現在比單純的形容詞更常被使用。