| 单词 | ready |
| 释义 | ready /red"ee/, adj., readier, readiest, v. , readied, readying, n., interj. adj. 1. completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready. 2. duly equipped, completed, adjusted, or arranged, as for an occasion or purpose: The mechanic called to say that the car is ready. 3. willing: ready to forgive. 4. prompt or quick in perceiving, comprehending, speaking, writing, etc. 5. proceeding from or showing such quickness: a ready reply. 6. prompt or quick in action, performance, manifestation, etc.: a keen mind and ready wit. 7. inclined; disposed; apt: too ready to criticize others. 8. in such a condition as to be imminent; likely at any moment: a tree ready to fall. 9. immediately available for use: a ready source of cash. 10. pertaining to prompt payment. 11. present or convenient: to lie ready to one's hand. 12. get ready! (in calling the start of a race) be prepared to start: Get ready! Get set! Go! 13. make ready, a. to bring to a state of readiness or completion; prepare. b. Print. to ready a press for printing. v.t. 14. to make ready; prepare. 15. ready up, Brit. and Australian Slang. to swindle. n. 16. the state or condition of being ready. 17. Informal. ready money; cash. 18. at the ready, in a condition of readiness, available for immediate use: shoppers with their umbrellas at the ready; soldiers keeping their weapons at the ready. interj. 19. (used in calling the start of a race to indicate that racers should be prepared to start): Ready! Set! Go! [1150-1200; ME redy, early ME raedig, equiv. to OE raede prompt + -ig -Y1] Syn. 1. fit, set. 3. agreeable, glad, happy. 4. alert, acute, sharp, keen, adroit, facile, clever, skillful, nimble, adaptable. Ant. 1. unfit. 3. unwilling. Usage. See already. |
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