| [/raɪp; raɪp/] adj 用法:
1 (of fruit, grain, etc) ready to be gathered and used, esp for eating （指水果、 谷物等）成熟的:
Are the apples ripe enough to eat yet? 这些苹果已经熟了吗? *
harvest the ripe corn 收割已成熟的谷物 *
(fig 比喻) Her lips were ripe as cherries, ie full and red like ripe cherries. 她的嘴唇像樱桃一样红润. 用法:
2 (of cheese) fully matured or developed （指乾酪）已成熟的:
ripe cheese 成熟的乾酪 *
(rare fig 罕, 比喻) ripe judgement, scholarship 成熟的判断力、 丰富的学识.3 (of a person's age) advanced （指人）成年的, 上年纪的:
men of riper years 已成年的男子 *
lived to a ripe old age 活到高龄 *
(ironic 反语) at the ripe old age of 21 正值21岁高龄. 用法:
4 [pred 作表语] ~ (for sth) ready; fit; prepared 时机成熟; 适宜; 准备就绪:
land that is ripe for development 适合开发的土地 *
a nation ripe for revolution 革命时机已成熟的国家. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) the time is ripe => time1. |