Oven-ready food has already been prepared when you buy it, so you only have to put it in the oven and cook it. A common example is oven-ready chicken: the shop has already cleaned it and often taken out the insides, so you are not doing that messy work at home. Frozen lasagne, some pies, and tray-bake vegetables are sold this way too.

Oven-ready food已經是oven-ready的食物 has already been prepared when you buy it在你買的時候就已經處理好了 so you only have to put it in the oven and cook it所以你只需要放進烤箱烤就好。A common example is oven-ready chicken一個常見的例子是oven-ready chicken the shop has already cleaned it店家已經幫你處理好了 and often taken out the insides而且通常已經把內臟拿掉 so you are not doing that messy work at home所以你在家不用做那些麻煩的處理工作。Frozen lasagne, some pies, and tray-bake vegetables are sold this way too冷凍千層麵、一些派，還有烤盤蔬菜也用這種方式賣。

The word is especially at home in British supermarket language.

The word is especially at home in British supermarket language這個字特別常出現在英國超市的用語裡。

It does not mean the food is already cooked — that would be ready-to-eat — and it does not mean your oven is hot. You still have to cook it; the “ready” is about the prep, not the eating. You will see it on packets more than you will hear it in a story.

It does not mean the food is already cooked它不代表食物已經煮熟了 that would be ready-to-eat那樣的話應該叫ready-to-eat and it does not mean your oven is hot也不代表你的烤箱已經是熱的。You still have to cook it你還是得自己烤 the “ready” is about the prep, not the eating這裡的「ready」指的是準備工作，不是可以直接吃。You will see it on packets more than you will hear it in a story你會在包裝上看到這個字，比在故事裡聽到它的機會多得多。