ripens

英 [ˈraɪpənz]

美 [ˈraɪpənz]

v.  (使)成熟
ripen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)成熟
  When cropsripenor when the sunripensthem, they become ripe.
  1. I'm waiting for the apples to ripen...
     我正在等待苹果成熟。
  2. You can ripen the tomatoes on a sunny windowsill.
     把西红柿放在有阳光的窗台上可以让它们成熟。
  3. ...an abundance of sun ripened fruit.
     大量自然成熟的水果

双语例句

• The preliminary training of meditation practice and purification ripens and opens the student's heart and mind to the direct understanding of the truth.
  禅定和净心的初级训练，可以使学生的心成熟开放，直接体证真理。
• For most fruits, the respiration rate slows down after the initial growth stage and the fruit ripens slowly.
  对于大多数水果来说，在最初的成长阶段呼吸作用减弱，成熟也较为缓慢。
• Fruit sweetens as it ripens.
  水果成熟后就好吃了。
• D: Now, the quicker a fruit or vegetable respires, the quicker it ripens.
  一个水果或蔬菜呼吸的越快，就成熟地越快。
• The corn ripens in the sun.
  阳光使农作物成熟。
• Fruit ripens not well in the shade.
  果不向阳难成熟。
• When the fruit ripens the starch content of green peridium is gradually decreased untill it disappears at all.
  当胚成熟时，绿果皮的淀粉逐渐减少，直至全部消失。
• God's silence ripens man's thoughts into speech.
  神的不言使得人类的思想成熟为语言。
• The apple is a fruit which ripens in the fall.
  苹果是秋季成熟的水果。
• In the evening it ripens into a golden fruit of memory.
  黄昏时，它结成了记忆的金色果实。