ripen
['raipən]
v.(使)成熟
例句与用法:
The corn ripens in the sun.
农作物在阳光下成熟。
The sun ripens the corn.
阳光使农作物成熟。
Fruit sweetens as it ripens.
水果成熟後就好吃了。
Time had ripened his life and mellowed its fruits.
时间使他的生命成熟,结出硕果。
词形变化:
名词: ripener | 动词过去式: ripened | 动词过去分词: ripened | 动词现在分词: ripening | 动词第三人称单数: ripens |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 使成熟
2. (经贮存等)使鲜美可口
3. 使(疖等)成熟以便去脓
vi.
1. 变成熟; 变鲜美
We are waiting for the first crops to ripen.
我们正等待着第一次农作物的成熟。
2. (疖等)成熟可去脓