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unripe

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Plants, Crops
un·ripe /ˌʌnˈraɪp◂/ adjective  HBPTACunripe fruit, grain etc is not fully developed or ready to be eaten 未成熟的,生的
Examples from the Corpus
unripeThe cherries on the tree were still unripe.Don't use unripe apples for making cider.unripe bananasWhat they call unripe fruit ...Matriline coalitions also utilize secondary food sources such as leaves and unripe fruits and the species have digestive mechanisms for detoxifying the latter.In the Old World, chimpanzees can deal with unripe fruits, breaking open tannin-rich mature fruits or eating unripe ones.Black peppercorns are the unripe, green berries which have been allowed to dry and blacken in the sun after picking.Green, or unripe, peppercorns are available both commercially dried and pickled in brine.
un·ripe adjectiveChineseSyllable
is fully not unripe Corpus fruit, etc grain


unripe
unripe /ˌʌnˈraɪp◂/ adjective
unripe fruit, grain etc is not fully developed or ready to be eaten


un·ripeBrE /ˌʌnˈraɪp/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnˈraɪp/ 🔊 adjectivenot yet ready to eat (食物)未成熟的unripe fruit未熟的水果 OPP ripe