| 释义 |
ˈready-mix, a. (and n.) orig. U.S.
[f. ready a. + mix n.2]
= ready-mixed a. (and n.). Also fig.
1950M. McCarthy in Reporter 18 July 39/1 The ready-mix cake turns out ‘terrific’. 1958[see instant a. 4 c]. 1963Punch 28 Aug. 322/3 A studio audience complete with ready-mix mirth and instant appreciation. 1966Guardian 28 Apr. 4/2 Factory food, in the form of ready-mixes, was certainly better than that produced by ‘the multitude of indifferent cooks..now wandering around the country’. 1976E. Ward Hanged Man iii. 13 A ready-mix concrete truck marked Metro Concrete jolted along the access road. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 30 May 608/4 Germaine is the principal new ingredient in the Barthian narrative ready-mix. |