ready: [12] Ready is a derivative of Old English r?de ‘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 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.
例文
1. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.
反詐欺グループの警察官たちは電話に盗聴器を取り付け、いつでも突撃の準備をしている。
2.Tamsin materialized at her side,notebook at the ready .
タムシンが彼女のそばから飛び出し、ノートを用意した。
3. Catherine was ready to explode. "I think you're contemptible!「
キャサリンは怒りで爆発しそうになった。「あなたは本当に卑劣だと思います！」
4.I cleaned myself up a bit，and got the baby ready .
私は自分を片付けて、赤ちゃんもちゃんと片付けました。
5.The enemy must be digging themselves in now ready for the attack.