核心畫面
Picture a room where nothing has been put back: books on the floor, clothes over the chair, papers spread across the desk. Nothing is broken or dirty — things are simply not where they belong. Untidy is that gap between where a thing is and where it was meant to sit.
可以想成一個沒有人收過的房間：書落在地上、衣服掛在椅背、紙散了一整張桌子。東西沒有壞，也不一定髒，只是全都不在它該待…更多收起
可以想成一個沒有人收過的房間：書落在地上、衣服掛在椅背、紙散了一整張桌子。東西沒有壞，也不一定髒，只是全都不在它該待的位置。untidy 抓的就是「東西的實際位置」和「東西原本該放的位置」之間那個落差。原始詞典資料3 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。
untidyadj/ʌnˈtaɪdi/
- 1
Sloppy.
- I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!
- 2
Disorganized.
- His finances were in an untidy state when he died.
- There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
untidyverb/ʌnˈtaɪdi/
- 1
To make untidy, to make a mess
- Before she closed each drawer she rummaged her hands through the clothes, untidying them just enough to feel comfortable.
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。