ripe 英音: [raip] 美音: [raɪp]

单词详解

  adj.

A.     成熟的,适宜食用的,醇美的 ( fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used)
The wheat is ripe.
小麦成熟了。

The ripe fruits picked easily. 成熟的水果易于采摘。

These grapes are not ripe; they are quite sour. 这些葡萄不熟,还很酸。

It was mid-autumn when the crops were ripe. 庄稼熟的时候已是仲秋。

I picked a ripe cherry from the tree. 我从树上摘下一颗熟樱桃。

B. 成年的, 圆滑的, 老成的 [(+in)] ( at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge)
He is ripe in judgment.
他具有成熟的判断力。

   The old hunter is ripe in hunting big animals. 这名老猎手在抓捕大型动物方面有经验。

C. 准备妥当的,时机成熟的 [F] [(+for)] (fully prepared or eager)
The time is ripe for a reform.
改革的时机已成熟。

The time was ripe for a challenge to his rival. 时机已经成熟,可以向对手提出挑战了。

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相关单词

比较级:riper

最高级: ripest

反义词:unripe

近义词:adultmature

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词语辨析:ripemature 

 ripemature

  ripe:  主要指水果、谷物和蔬菜等的成熟,也可引申作“时机成熟”解。

  mature:  指生物完成了长生、发育的全过程或周期,表明已经成熟。

 

词语详解

1. ripe: 主要指水果、谷物和蔬菜等的成熟,也可引申作“时机成熟”解。

  The apples on the tree are ripe. 树上的苹果熟了。

2. mature: 指生物完成了长生、发育的全过程或周期,表明已经成熟。

  The mature peach is very sweet. 成熟的桃子很甜。

 

 

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