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ripe

adjective
🔊/raɪp/
🔊/raɪp/
(comparative riper, superlative ripest)
Idioms
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  1. (of fruit or crops水果或庄稼) fully grown and ready to be eaten成熟的
    • Pick the tomatoes before they get too ripe.在西红柿变得太熟之前将其摘下。
    opposite unripe
    Extra Examples
    • Some of the apples were not quite ripe.一些苹果不太熟。
    • The crops were just about ripe.农作物就快成熟了。
    • a really ripe strawberry很熟的草莓
    Topics Farmingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • really
    • very
    • fully
    • …
    phrases
    • ripe for the picking
    • ripe for the plucking
    • ripe for the taking
    • …
    See full entry
  2. (of cheese) having a taste that has fully developed 口味浓郁的；成熟的；醇美可口的synonym matureTopics Cooking and eatingc1
  3. (of a smell气味) strong and unpleasant强烈的；难闻的
  4. ripe (for something) ready or suitable for something to happen时机成熟的；适宜的
    • This land is ripe for development.这片土地适宜开发。🔊🔊
    • The conditions were ripe for social change.社会变革的时机已经成熟。🔊🔊
    • Reforms were promised when the time was ripe.曾经作出承诺，时机一成熟就进行改革。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • really
    • very
    • fully
    • …
    phrases
    • ripe for the picking
    • ripe for the plucking
    • ripe for the taking
    • …
    See full entry
    5. Word OriginOld English rīpe, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijp and German reif.
Idioms
ripe for the picking
  1. offering somebody an ideal opportunity to gain an advantage
    • This is an opportunity ripe for the picking.这是挑选的时机。
    • The Raiders' defense is ripe for the picking.突袭者的防守已经成熟。
a/the ripe old age (of…)
  1. an age that is considered to be very old（…的）高龄
    • He lived to the ripe old age of 91.他活到了 91 岁的高龄。🔊🔊