ready-handed
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Capable or skillful, especially at manual tasks.
— Abdul Kader, the tailor who had attached himself to me, as a man ready-handed at all things, from mending a pair of pants, making a delicate entremets, or shooting an elephant, but whom the interior proved to be the weakliest of the weakly, unfit for anything except eating and drinking — almost succumbed on this march.
副词 adv.
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In readiness, fully prepared.
— Higher education— general, professional, and technical— whether under public or private auspices must be helped to grow both in quantity and quality until it is able to meet full and ready-handed the problem of training the leadership of our democracy.
词形变化
词源
词源 1
From ready + handed.
词源 2
From ready + handed.
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