| 单词 | ready-made |
| 释义 | ready-made (once / 3651 pages) adjn Ready-made things are standardized and bought right off the shelf, rather than being specially made. You might have to hem your ready-made curtains, but they're cheaper than having custom curtains sewn. Ready-made clothes are the ones you buy in stores or online that come in standard sizes. Custom, tailor-made, or bespoke clothing is the exact opposite — they're constructed to perfectly fit your body. Ready-made food is store-bought, and made commercially, not homemade. You can also use this adjective to describe something that's so quick and automatic it's become a cliche, like a politician's thoughtless, ready-made response to a reporter's question. WORD FAMILYready-made USAGE EXAMPLESThe forsaken flora are a ready-made metaphor for the Moldova-born photographer’s own uprooted life. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) His new film, “Silence,” is ready-made for this time of year, a tale of religious faith and deep spiritual questioning. Los Angeles Times(Dec 25, 2016) Like Oiselle, they bring with them a ready-made customer base. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj made for purchase and immediate use Syn|Ant made produced by a manufacturing process off-the-peg, off-the-rack, off-the-shelf, ready-to-wear(especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock prefabmanufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere ready-to-eatfood products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold custom, custom-made made according to the specifications of an individual bespoke, bespoken, made-to-order, tailor-made, tailored(of clothing) custom-made custom-built, made-to-orderbuilt for a particular individual 2adj commercially produced; not homemade ready-made clothes Syn factory-made produced in quantity at a factory 3adj repeated regularly without thought or originality ready-made phrases Syn cliched unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual 4n a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase their apartment was furnished with ready-mades Ant|Hyper custom-built, custom-made an item made to the customer's specifications artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole |
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