nifty

英 [ˈnɪfti]

美 [ˈnɪfti]

adj.  有技巧的; 精确的; 实用的; 灵便的
n.  俏皮话; 漂亮话

最高级：niftiest　

BNC.24265 / COCA.15561

牛津词典

adj.

• 有技巧的；精确的
  skilful and accurate
  1. There's some nifty guitar work on his latest CD.
     他最新的激光唱片里有一些吉他曲弹得非常精彩。
• 实用的；灵便的
  practical; working well
  1. a nifty little gadget for slicing cucumbers
     片黄瓜的小巧工具

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 整洁的;漂亮的;极好的;绝妙的
  If you describe something asnifty, you think it is neat and pleasing or cleverly done.
  1. Bridgeport was a pretty nifty place...
     布里奇波特是个十分漂亮的地方。
  2. It was a nifty arrangement, a perfect partnership.
     这是绝妙的安排，完美的搭档。

英英释义

adj

• very good
  1. he did a bully job
  2. a neat sports car
  3. had a great time at the party
  4. you look simply smashing
  Synonym:bang-upbullycorkingcrackingdandygreatgroovykeenneatnot bad(p)peachyslap-upswellsmashing

双语例句

• If you think about it, this is a very nifty way of getting consumers to feel like they're walking away with a good deal.
  如果你仔细想想，这是一个非常漂亮的方式，使解放油罐车消费者觉得他们走开了，一笔好交易。
• Learn some nifty pen-flicking tricks.
  学习一些漂亮的玩笔技巧。
• It was a nifty arrangement, a perfect partnership.
  这是绝妙的安排，完美的搭档。
• Smaller players, mostly startups, have also developed nifty applications that aim at the office market.
  较小的竞争者（通常刚刚起步），也已瞄准办公市场开发出时髦的应用。
• Match, Facebook, and that nifty smartphone are just tools means to ends intended to make life easier.
  Match.com也好，Facebook和智能手机也好，它们只是工具，归根结底，它们的目的是为了使生活更加便捷。
• The new kernel has a number of nifty new features and additions.
  这个新内核包含许多极好的新功能和增强功能。
• The trick to completing your Ajax overhaul is using this plug-in to transform stodgy forms into nifty Ajax widgets.
  完成Ajax改造的技巧就是用此插件来将繁琐的表单转化为漂亮的Ajax小部件。
• The cursor object returned is basically an iterator, so I can use Groovy's nifty each directly on it in order to print out a nice little report.
  返回的cursor对象基本上是一个迭代器，我可以在其上直接使用Groovy的一流each，以便打印出一个可爱的小报告。
• Five years ago, having a nifty method to turn on DTD validation was enough.
  年前，用一个漂亮的方法打开DTD验证就足够了。
• It needs clever experiments; and such experiments need nifty devices.
  它需要精巧的实验；而这样的实验又需要极好的设备。