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.
雙語例句
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，並隨時準備突擊。
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。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The enemy must be digging themselves in now ready for the attack.