ready
英 ['redɪ]
美['rɛdi]
- adj. 准备好；现成的；迅速的；情愿的；快要…的
- n. 现款；预备好的状态
- adv. 迅速地；预先
- vt. 使准备好
- n. (Ready)人名；(英)雷迪
词态变化
复数: readies;第三人称单数: readies;过去式: readied;过去分词: readied;现在分词: readying;比较级: readier;最高级: readiest;
中文词源
ready 准备好的
来自古英语 raede,准备好的，准备好上马的，词源同 ride,骑马。
英文词源
- ready
- ready: [12] Ready is a derivative of Old English rǣde ‘ready’, which went back to a prehistoric Germanic *raithjō ‘arranged’, hence ‘prepared’. This also produced German bereit ‘ready’, Dutch gereed ‘ready’, and Swedish reda ‘ready’, and it lies behind the second syllable of curry ‘groom a horse’.
- ready (adj.)
- Old English ræde, geræde "prepared, ready," of a horse, "ready for riding," from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaz "arranged" (cognates: Old Frisian rede "ready," Middle Dutch gereit, Old High German reiti, Middle High German bereite, German bereit, Old Norse greiðr "ready, plain," Gothic garaiþs "ordered, arranged"), from PIE root *reidh- "to ride" (see ride (v.)). Lengthened in Middle English by change of ending. Ready-made first attested early 15c.; ready-to-wear is from 1890.
- ready (v.)
- early 13c., "to administer;" c. 1300, "to take aim;" mid-14c., "to prepare, make ready," from ready (adj.). Related: Readied; readying.
双语例句
- 1. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.
- 反诈骗小组的警员们已在电话上安装了窃听器，并随时准备突击。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Tamsin materialized at her side, notebook at the ready.
- 塔姆辛从她身旁冒了出来，且备好了笔记本。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Catherine was ready to explode. "I think you're contemptible!"
- 凯瑟琳气得快要炸了。“我觉得你真是可鄙！”
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. I cleaned myself up a bit, and got the baby ready.
- 我拾掇了一下自己，把宝宝也收拾妥当。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The enemy must be digging themselves in now ready for the attack.
- 敌人现在一定在挖掩体，准备迎接进攻。
来自柯林斯例句