首页英语词典riperipe英英释意

ripe

英[raɪp] 美[raɪp]
  • adj. 熟的,成熟的;时机成熟的
  • vt. 搜查;调查
  • vi. 进行搜查
  • n. (Ripe)人名;(意、瑞典)里佩

英英释意


1. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
"ripe peaches"
"full-bodies mature wines"
2. fully prepared or eager;
"the colonists were ripe for revolution"
3. most suitable or right for a particular purpose;
"a good time to plant tomatoes"
"the right time to act"
"the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
4. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge;
"a ripe mind"
5. far along in time;
"a man of advanced age"
"advanced in years"
"a ripe old age"
"the ripe age of 90"