Picture something sitting on a shelf, finished, before you ever walked into the shop. Someone else did the cooking, the , the building, and you arrive at the last step: pick it up and use it. Two things follow from that picture. You save the work — and you lose the fit, because the thing was made for anyone, not for you.
可以想成貨架上擺著一個已經完成的東西。它在你走進店裡之前就做好了。煮的、縫的、組裝的都是別人。你接手的是最後一步：拿走，直接用。這個畫面同時帶出兩件事。一是省下了工。二是少了貼合，因為它本來就不是為你做的，是為所有人做的。這個詞的每一個意思，都可以看成從這個貨架上的成品長出來。
From the word’s history
The dictionary records it as Middle English redye made, that is ready plus made, so the modern picture is already written into the two words.
字典記錄它來自中古英文的 redye made，也就是 ready（準備好了）加 made（做好了）。現在這個「先做好、等你拿」的畫面，其實字面上早就寫著。
Wiktionary entry supplied in packet (etymology_text: From Middle English redye made, equivalent to ready + made), source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1499757284:7121
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