| 单词 | to make ready |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make ready Phrases P1. to make ready.In most senses largely superseded by to get ready: see Phrases 3. a. transitive (reflexive). (a) To put oneself into a state of preparation; to prepare oneself. Chiefly with for or with infinitive. ΚΠ c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 61 (MED) Þe seuen Aungels þat hadden þe seuen trumpes maken hem redy forto trumpen. a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) 1173 (MED) Þey made him redy to batayle anoon. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 425 He thaim commaunde to mak thaim redy fast. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxv. 184 I..made me ready for to ride my waye. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxxviv The garrison made them ready and bent their ordinaunce. 1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden i. iii. 8 Trees cannot..make themselues ready to blossome. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 61 The whole camp of Shaddai, should as one man stand to their Arms, and make themselves ready, if the Town of Mansoul shall hear, to receive it forthwith to mercy. View more context for this quotation 1706 tr. Count d'Elci Present State of Court of Rome 18 Many Cardinals..having already bent their Bows, and made themselves ready to strike at him in due time. 1796 C. Alexander tr. Virgil Wks. 543 He commands his allies, that they obey the signals, and prepare their minds for wars, and make themselves ready for combat. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 187 While she made her ready for her ride. 1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy xix. 131 With well-assured hearts the pair made themselves ready for what remained to be done. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xxvi. 445 She made herself ready to go downstairs. 1960 A. S. Neill Summerhill ii. 110 Through his own efforts, he made himself ready for his apprenticeship. 2000 M. Kneale Eng. Passengers (2001) ix. 221 ‘Another unmissable wind, I suppose,’ I told the fellow, with some coolness, in answer to his impatient demand that I make myself ready to leave. (b) spec. To dress oneself, make oneself presentable. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (reflexive)] buska1350 arraya1400 richc1400 to make ready?a1425 enhabitc1485 revestera1500 dress1533 suit1576 rig1662 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 161 The oþer Corrours maken hem redy [?a1425 Egerton he makez redy for to ga; Fr. sappareile]. 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xvijv Whiche [Chapell] ye Freres kepe, & there they made theym redy in ornamentes & began there a very solempne procession. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. f. 238v The mother aduertised of his comming, caused hir Daughter to make hir self ready, and to spare no costly iewels for adorning of hir beautie. 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. A4v Little girls that yesterday had scarce a hand to make them ready. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 67 Neatness he neglected into slovinlyness; and..may be said not to have made himself ready for some seven years. 1722 Mrs. Bradshaw in Lett. C'tess Suffolk (1824) I. 91 We repair to our own chambers and make ourselves ready; for it cannot be called dressing. 1776 Mem. Demi-rep of Fashion II. liii. 216 Amelia..began to be quite restless when she had made herself ready for the reception of Lord D—. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit xvi. 142 He came to the final resolution, as he made himself ready for dinner, that he would not allow himself to fall in love with Pet. 1893 G. Gissing Odd Women II. i. 24 It was time for Virginia to make herself ready, and here arose a new perturbation; what had she suitable for wear under such circumstances? 1931 U. Sinclair Wet Parade xvi. 371 ‘That will be as soon as you can get dressed,’ he replied... Maggie May..went quickly to make herself ready. b. transitive. To prepare, put in order (a thing); †to dress (a person) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] wrya901 clothec950 shride971 aturnc1220 begoa1225 array1297 graith1297 agraithc1300 geara1325 cleadc1325 adightc1330 apparel1362 back1362 shape1362 attirea1375 parela1375 tirea1375 rayc1390 addressa1393 coverc1394 aguisea1400 scredea1400 shrouda1400 bedightc1400 buskc1400 harnessc1400 hatterc1400 revesta1449 able1449 dressa1450 reparel?c1450 adub?1473 endue?a1475 afaite1484 revestera1500 beclothe1509 trimc1516 riga1535 invest1540 vesture1555 suit1577 clad1579 investure1582 vest1582 deck1587 habit1594 to make ready1596 caparison1597 skin1601 shadow1608 garment1614 riga1625 raiment1656 garb1673 equip1695 to fit out1722 encase1725 tog1793 trick1821 to fig out1825 enclothe1832 toilet1842 to get up1858 habilitate1885 tailor1885 kit1919 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxii. 6 (MED) Þou madest radi grace in my siȝt oȝayns hem þat trublen me. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Num. iv. 16 Þees been þe chargys of þe sonys of caath..opon whom shal be Eliazar..to whoos cure hit perteyneþ oyle to þe lanternys to be made redy [L. ad concinnandas lucernas]. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 1208 Atropos, make redy thow my beere. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 22 I se helle opyn & my place redy made þere. c1480 (a1400) Prol. 95 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 3 Syne..lefit I nocht, til I had mad þaim redy. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvi. 226 Theyr beddes were made redy. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 185 They haue euer..tymber readye made to make a hondred gales or more. 1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre vii. f. ciiv The fortificacions beyng redy made. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. v. ix. 173 Many a time haue I seene him made ready and vnready with great reuerence and solemnitie. 1640 W. Boswell in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Misc. Lett. 27 There be great Preparations making ready against the Liturgy and Ceremonies of the Church of England. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 85 Blocks, upon which..they divide their flesh, fish, or other things they intend to make ready. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 14 I began to resolve to go, and accordingly made all things ready. 1797 London Compl. Art Cookery 142 Make ready a liaison of two or three eggs and cream, with a little minced parsley and nutmeg. 1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 345 Making ready a Form. 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 184 While our chocolate was being made ready. 1925 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony II. i. 123 Jerry and his bride had made ready their tiny weatherboard. 1966 Punch 30 Mar. 462/1 Huge stocks of the munitions of bacterial warfare, of mildew and rust, black spot, botrytis and scab, are being made ready for immediate use at call. 2001 K. Lette Nip 'n' Tuck 166 While we waited for our room to be made ready, Britney lay supine on a banana chair in her leopardskin bikini. c. intransitive. (a) To make preparations; to prepare oneself. Chiefly with for (formerly also †to) or with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] buskc1330 agraith1340 to make readya1382 arraya1387 providec1425 prepare1517 addressa1522 apparel1523 bouna1525 buckle1563 to make frecka1572 fettle?c1600 fix1716 to set into ——1825 to show foot1825 ready1878 to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883 prep1900 to get (oneself) organized1926 to sharpen one's pencil1957 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] yarec888 yarkc1000 graithc1175 readya1225 biredienc1275 to make yarec1290 forgraitha1300 adightc1330 buskc1330 purveyc1330 agraith1340 disposec1375 before-graithea1382 to forge and filec1381 to make readya1382 devisec1385 bounc1390 buss?a1400 address?a1425 parel?a1425 to get upc1425 providec1425 prepare1449 bakec1450 aready1470 arm?a1505 prevenea1522 get?1530 to get ready1530 to get ready1530 to set in readiness1575 apply1577 compose1612 predy1627 make1637 to dispose of1655 do1660 fallowa1764 to line up1934 prep1936 tee1938 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 2 Esdras viii. 10 Goþ & eteþ fatte thingis & drynkeþ Meth & sendeþ for hem þat han not maad redi to þemself. a1425 (?a1350) Seven Sages (Galba) (1907) 4202 (MED) Þai spred clathes and salt on set And made redy vnto þe mete. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 718 Thai turst harnas and maid reddy. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xiv. f. lxvjv There make reddy for vs. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) 252 The King of Ingland was makand redy..witht ane greit airme and navie of scheipis to pase to France. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 172 To morrow you must die, goe to your knees, and make ready . View more context for this quotation 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 20 Make ready to board him. 1689 Perfect. Mil. Discipl. (1691) 91 The Rear Ranks of Musketiers make Ready. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 217 The Dutchess began to make ready for a Careen. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. 277 He cleared ship and made ready for action. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xliv. 399 Becky, her husband and her son made ready and went to pass the holydays at the seat of their ancestors at Queen's Crawley. 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. III. 29 Bolingbroke..made ready for a revolution. 1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse iii. ii. 231 He had all the appearance of a leader making ready for an expedition. 1954 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post 7 Sept. 1/4 The pick of the nation's beauty crop gathered here today and primped as they made ready to battle it out for the ‘Miss America 1955’ crown. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Feb. 20/2 I would have assessed the degree of malice and made ready to run or tell him to bug off, depending. (b) Printing. To prepare a form for printing. Cf. makeready n. 2. Also transitive. ΚΠ 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 468 In making ready, I will only speak of a form of fine work; if a pressman can do that, he surely can make common work ready. 1882 J. Southward Pract. Printing ix. 431 Begin to ‘make ready’—that is, get the impression equal and level over the whole forme. 1916 F. L. Shaw Printing Trades 39 The platen or cylinder pressman has to adjust the form on the bed, ‘make ready’ for printing, [etc.]. 1941 Seventh Ann. Advertising & Publishing Production Yearbk. 301/4 Avoid these causes by: having good plates made from good copy; making ready carefully; [etc.]. 2000 PrintWeek 25 Feb. 6/1 The networked press would enable the firm to make ready more quickly and accurately. P2. ready to (also at) hand (formerly also †ready to (also at) a person's hand (also hands)): within easy reach; available for immediate or convenient use.See also hand n. Phrases 1a(a)(i). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > conveniently near readyc1175 ready to (also at) handa1393 hend?a1513 forthcoming1521 handy1650 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > usable > available > readily readyc1175 ready to (also at) handa1393 present1533 level1559 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 5055 (MED) His Ape..hadde gadred al aboute Of stickes..a route And leide hem redy to his hond. c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) 2124 (MED) Hors, scheld, and spere haue þei redy at hend. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 822/2 Redy at hande, auant la mayn. 1582 Bible (Rheims) 2 Cor. x. 16 To preach the gospel, not to glory in another man's rule, in those things that are made ready to our hand. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xxvii. xii. 287 There is not an hearb or plant that they be more carefull..to haue alwaies ready at hand, than Polygonon. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. e8 The Grecians the readiest at hand had their choice. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Table Systems of Numbers, calculated to be ready at Hand for the expediting Astronomical, Geometrical, &c. Operations. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 41 All the gay varieties of diction were ready at his hand. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xlviii. 550 No credit is to be got out of such a way of life as that, where everything agreeable would be ready to one's hand. 1869 Harper's Mag. Feb. 371/2 The pardonable feminine deception which keeps ready to hand a piece of crochet-work or bead-ornamentation to be produced the moment a tap at the door announces a visitor. 1891 Law Times 90 315/2 The chief guide which both courts found ready to their hands. 1924 G. E. Hale Depths of Universe iii. 81 The means for testing the vortex hypothesis of electromagnetic fields in sun-spots lay ready at hand. 1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower ii. 62 Three pistols would not be too many against twelve desperate men who had makeshift weapons ready to hand, belaying pins and the like. 1992 M. Medved Hollywood vs. Amer. v. xvi. 267 When it comes to the perils of pessimism..Hollywood's facile defenders have a final glib answer ready to hand. P3. to get ready. a. to prepare, put in order (a thing); = to make ready (see Phrases 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] yarec888 yarkc1000 graithc1175 readya1225 biredienc1275 to make yarec1290 forgraitha1300 adightc1330 buskc1330 purveyc1330 agraith1340 disposec1375 before-graithea1382 to forge and filec1381 to make readya1382 devisec1385 bounc1390 buss?a1400 address?a1425 parel?a1425 to get upc1425 providec1425 prepare1449 bakec1450 aready1470 arm?a1505 prevenea1522 get?1530 to get ready1530 to get ready1530 to set in readiness1575 apply1577 compose1612 predy1627 make1637 to dispose of1655 do1660 fallowa1764 to line up1934 prep1936 tee1938 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (reflexive)] > in specific way revesta1325 get?1530 to get ready1530 slovena1591 veil1614 wrap1647 fit1667 fetish1735 toff1914 1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders (new ed.) sig. A.iv Yf it were ones (by vse) goten redy & incorporate, & prynted in the herte & mynde. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 7 Let me not stay a iot for dinner, goe get it readie. View more context for this quotation 1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 22 I caused the Horses and break-fast to be got ready. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 133 This morning we..got every thing ready to depart. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 129 I visited the hospital while breakfast was getting ready. 1889 J. Masterman Scotts of Bestminster II. viii. 27 The boats were got ready and the passengers collected. 1916 J. Martin Diary 12 Oct. in Sapper Martin (2010) 23 A small party of us were immediately despatched..to erect tents and get things ready for the others. 2010 S. Junger War i. v. 74 I was getting my gear ready for the experience. b. to make preparations; = to make ready (see Phrases 1c(a)). ΚΠ 1679 J. Davies tr. Appian Hist. i. vii. xxi. 220 Urged every one to get ready to march by the first Light. 1729 P. Walkden Diary 18 July (1866) (modernized text) 31 It being preparation day, I got ready for chapel. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. iii. 62 We'd better get ready for dinner now. I always dress, because papa likes to see it. 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. III. 24 France..got ready to resist invasion. 1914 M. Gyte Diary 2 Oct. (1999) 31 The girls are getting ready for the harvest thanksgiving which is being held tonight as well as next Sunday. 2007 T. Madigan Fuel & Guts iii. 29/1 The car..created bellows of nitro fumes as it got ready to launch. P4. Nautical. ready about (formerly also †ready about O): used as a command to sailors to prepare to tack a vessel. Cf. about adv. 4b. ΚΠ 1801 Naval Mag. 3 App. 1/2 About ship; or Ready About O—is the word of command to the sailors to prepare for tacking, or going about. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 150 The master finds that the ship will not lay her course, and tells the chief mate to ‘see all clear for stays’, or ‘ready about’. 1893 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb Tide v. 67 ‘Ready about,’ said the captain. ‘Give me the wheel, White Man, and you stand by the mainsheet.’ 1943 A. Ransome Picts & Martyrs xv. 146 ‘Ready about,’ said Dick as they came near the shore of Long Island... ‘Just be ready to shift your weight across, and keep clear of the boom.’ 1957 J. Schull Salt-water Men viii. 103 Orders would come so fast you could hardly follow them. ‘Haul up the mainsail,’ ‘Lay aft to the spanker sheet,’ ‘Ready about.’ 1994 D. L. Seidman Compl. Sailor (1995) 42 When it's time to tack the skipper says ‘Ready about’ and bears off slightly (5 to 10 degrees) to pick up momentum for the turn. < as lemmas |
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