ripe
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ripe /raɪp/ ●●○ adjective (comparative riper, superlative ripest) 1 HBPTACripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eat 〔水果或庄稼〕成熟的 OPP unripe Those tomatoes aren’t ripe yet. 那些番茄还没熟。2 be ripe for something READYto be ready for a change to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner 适宜做某事，做某事条件成熟 The police forces are ripe for reform. 改革警察队伍的时机已经成熟。 The former dock area is ripe for development. 这片昔日的码头区可以开发了。3 the time is ripe (for something) SUITABLEused to say it is a very suitable time for something to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner （某事的）时机已经成熟 The time is ripe for a review of progress up to now. 是时候回顾一下目前为止所取得的进展了。4 ripe old age OLD/NOT YOUNG a) if you live to a ripe old age, you are very old when you die 很大年纪 Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age. 想长寿就少吃多锻炼。 b) used to show that you find it surprising or impressive that someone is doing something or has achieved something at a very young age – used humorously 年纪很小〔用于表示对某人很年轻便做或做到某事感到意外或惊叹，幽默用法〕 She was put in charge at the ripe old age of twenty-nine. 她年纪轻轻，29岁就当上了主管。5. CTDFripe cheese has developed a strong taste and is ready to eat 〔干酪〕熟透的 SYN mature6 especially British English a ripe smell is strong and unpleasant – used humorously 臭气熏天的，浓烈难闻的〔幽默用法〕 We were pretty ripe after a week of walking. 我们走了一个星期的路，身上都臭死了。 —ripeness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
ripe• Don't pick the apples until they're really ripe.• I checked daily, in September, until the point where they were almost ripe.• We were pretty ripe after a week of hiking.• I can taste the rich meat of venison studded with ripe apples and sweet Texas onions.• Is this melon ripe enough to eat?• It was not until they levelled out that she thought again about the possibility of living to a ripe old age.• So it seemed Meurent lived to a ripe old age.• Even when ripe, these huge fruits have a greenish yellow skin and flesh, so don't be put off.• You'll need a pound of ripe tomatoes.• The air was ripe with rhetoric, much of it aimed toward the record industry and threatening to whites.Origin ripe Old Englishripe adjectiveChinese
or are Corpus fully to eat crops grown fruit and ripe ready
ripe
ripe /raɪp/
adjective (comparative riper, superlative ripest)
OPP unripe:
Those tomatoes aren’t ripe yet.
2. be ripe for something to be ready for a change to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner:
The police forces are ripe for reform.
The former dock area is ripe for development.
3. the time is ripe (for something) used to say it is a very suitable time for something to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner:
The time is ripe for a review of progress up to now.
4. ripe old age
a. if you live to a ripe old age, you are very old when you die:
Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age.
b. used to show that you find it surprising or impressive that someone is doing something or has achieved something at a very young age – used humorously:
She was put in charge at the ripe old age of twenty-nine.
5. ripe cheese has developed a strong taste and is ready to eat
SYN mature
6. especially British English a ripe smell is strong and unpleasant – used humorously:
We were pretty ripe after a week of walking.
—ripeness noun [uncountable]
▪ ready [not before noun] having done everything that needs to be done in order to prepare for something: Are you ready? The taxi’s here. | I don’t feel that I’m ready for the test yet.
▪prepared [not before noun] ready to deal with a situation, because you are expecting it or have made careful preparations: The police were prepared for trouble. | The team looked well-prepared for the game.
▪be all set to be ready to start doing something that you have planned to do, and be just about to do it: We were all set for a barbecue when it started to rain.
▪be good to go American English informal be ready to start doing something after completing all the necessary preparations: We just need to get you a pair of skis and you’re good to go.
▪ripe ripe fruit are soft, sweet, and ready to eat: Don’t pick the apples until they’re really ripe. | a delicious ripe plum
▪be in place if the arrangements or the equipment for doing something are in place, they are ready to start being used: The television cameras were in place for the wedding. | All the arrangements are in place for a new constitution and democratic elections.
▪be standing by if people are standing by, they are ready to take action and help if they are needed – used especially about medical teams, police, the army etc: Officers in full riot gear were standing by outside the police station. | Several ambulances were standing by.
ripe /raɪp/
adjective (comparative riper, superlative ripest) Language: Old English
1. ripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eat OPP unripe:
2. be ripe for something to be ready for a change to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner:
3. the time is ripe (for something) used to say it is a very suitable time for something to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner:
4. ripe old age
a. if you live to a ripe old age, you are very old when you die:
b. used to show that you find it surprising or impressive that someone is doing something or has achieved something at a very young age – used humorously:
5. ripe cheese has developed a strong taste and is ready to eat
SYN mature
6. especially British English a ripe smell is strong and unpleasant – used humorously:
—ripeness noun [uncountable]
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