| 单词 | ready |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['redi] |
| 解释 | a.机敏的，迅速的 |
| 红宝书 | 【考】 volatile : temper / ready : wit(易变的脾气/机敏的 智慧) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 机敏的(在理解或反应上迅速的) 【记】因为ready(adj 有准备的), 所以ready(adj 机敏的) 【类】volatile: temper = ready: wit易变的脾气 = 机敏的智慧 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】有准备的人很机敏 |
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