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- ripe [raɪp] [raɪp]
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1.
adjective
成熟的
- Would you like a ripe pear?
- 你喜欢吃熟透的梨吗？
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2.
adjective
红润饱满的
- ripe lips
- 红润的双唇
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3.
adjective
（贮存、处理等后）适于食用的
- ripe wine
- 醇洒
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4.
adjective
发展完全的；老练的
- ripe wisdom
- 老谋深算
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5.
adjective
成年的
- a person of ripe years
- 成年人
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6.
adjective
年长的
- the ripe age of ninety
- 90高龄
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7.
adjective
准备就绪的
- ripe for marriage
- 作好结婚准备
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8.
adjective
（疖等）已化脓的；（白内障等）可手术的
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9.
adjective
时机成熟的
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10.
adjective
[slang]
喝醉酒的
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11.
adjective
[slang]
污秽的，发臭的
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12.
adjective
[slang]
粗糙的，邋遢的
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1.
adjective
成熟的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- ripe [raɪp]
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1.
adj
(of fruit, grain, etc) mature and ready to be eaten or used; fully developed
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2.
adj
mature enough to be eaten or used
- ripe cheese
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3.
adj
fully developed in mind or body
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4.
adj
resembling ripe fruit, esp in redness or fullness
- a ripe complexion
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5.
adj
[postpositive
; foll by for] ready or eager (to undertake or undergo an action) -
6.
adj
[postpositive
; foll by for] suitable; right or opportune- the time is not yet ripe
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7.
adj
mature in judgment or knowledge
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8.
adj
advanced but healthy (esp in the phrase a ripe old age)
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9.
adj
[slang]
complete; thorough
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10.
adj
excessive; exorbitant
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11.
adj
[slang]
slightly indecent; risqué
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12.
adj
[Etymology]
Old English r
i pe; related to Old Saxon ri pi, Old High German ri fi, German reif
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1.
adj
(of fruit, grain, etc) mature and ready to be eaten or used; fully developed
Examples
- ripe lips
- 红润的双唇 → ripe
- ripe wine
- 醇洒 → ripe
- ripe wisdom
- 老谋深算 → ripe
- a person of ripe years
- 成年人 → ripe
- the ripe age of ninety
- 90高龄 → ripe
- ripe for marriage
- 作好结婚准备 → ripe
- Would you like a ripe pear?
- 你喜欢吃熟透的梨吗？ → ripe
- to be ripe for sth
- 某事的时机已成熟 → ripe
- the time is ripe
- 时机已成熟 → ripe
- he lived to a ripe old age
- 他活到高龄 → ripe
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