| 词汇 | at the ready |
| 释义 | Idiom at the ready ready for use.Military police leapt out of the car, their weapons at the ready. at the readyAvailable for use at any time. My sister could go into labor any day now, so I have my phone constantly at the ready. The volunteers descended on the garden, their shovels at the ready. at the readyAvailable for immediate use, as in Umbrellas at the ready, we were prepared to brave the storm. This idiom was originally a military term in which the ready denoted the position of a firearm prepared to be raised and aimed or fired. [First half of 1800s] at the ˈreadyprepared for immediate action or use: Cameras and microphones at the ready, they waited for the new President to appear.at the ready Available for immediate use: soldiers with machine guns at the ready; students with notebooks at the ready. |
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