• adj. 準(zhǔn)備好；現(xiàn)成的；迅速的；情愿的；快要…的
• n. 現(xiàn)款；預(yù)備好的狀態(tài)
• adv. 迅速地；預(yù)先
• vt. 使準(zhǔn)備好
• n. (Ready)人名；(英)雷迪

來自古英語 raede,準(zhǔn)備好的，準(zhǔn)備好上馬的，詞源同 ride,騎馬。

ready

ready: [12] Ready is a derivative of Old English r?de ‘ready’, which went back to a prehistoric Germanic *raithjō ‘a(chǎn)rranged’, 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 r?de, ger?de "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 greier "ready, plain," Gothic garaits "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.

1. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.

反詐騙小組的警員們已在電話上安裝了竊聽器，并隨時準(zhǔn)備突擊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Tamsin materialized at her side, notebook at the ready.

塔姆辛從她身旁冒了出來，且備好了筆記本。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Catherine was ready to explode. "I think you're contemptible!"

凱瑟琳氣得快要炸了。“我覺得你真是可鄙！”

來自柯林斯例句

4. I cleaned myself up a bit, and got the baby ready.

我拾掇了一下自己，把寶寶也收拾妥當(dāng)。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The enemy must be digging themselves in now ready for the attack.

敵人現(xiàn)在一定在挖掩體，準(zhǔn)備迎接進(jìn)攻。

來自柯林斯例句