喜樂美語

One way to hold it: a fruit that has had all the time it needs. It has gone as far as growing can take it — soft, sweet, heavy on the branch — and now it is at the exact point where you should pick it. Wait longer and it starts to turn.

一顆掛在枝頭、時間已經給足了的果子：它該長的都長完了，變軟、變甜、變沉，正停在「該摘了」的那一刻。這個畫面裡有兩件事同時成立——一是「發展到位」，二是「時間點剛好、再等就過頭」。ripe 之後所有的意思幾乎都在這兩件事之間擺盪：有時候強調熟透，有時候強調「時候到了、甚至早該到了」，有時候（起司、氣味）強調的是熟過頭之後那股濃到有存在感的味道。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

同家族的字

比較級 riper最高級 ripest

原始詞典資料17 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

RIPEnoun

  • 1

    A tuberculosis treatment regimen consisting of rifampicin (R), isoniazid (I), pyrazinamide (P), and ethambutol (E).

Ripename

  • 1

    A village in Chalvington with Ripe parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5110).

ripeadj詞源 1/ɹaɪp/

  • 1

    Of a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.

    • ripe grain
    • ripe apples
  • 2

    Of a food, advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.

    • ripe cheese
    • ripe wine
  • 3

    Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.

    • He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
    • And so may Place retain us still, ⁠And he the much-beloved again, ⁠A lord of large experience, train To riper growth the mind and will: […]
  • 4

    archaicOf a sore, tumor, etc., maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge.

  • 5

    Ready for action or effect; prepared.

    • while things were just ripe for a war
    • I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
  • 6

    Of a person, ready, willing, eager.

    • I'm starting somethin' myself. I'm ripe to fight. It's this country air!
  • 7

    Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

    • Those happy smilets, / That played on her ripe lip.
    • He looked back once at the waving hands, the mother's glowing, ripe cheeks.
  • 8

    obsoleteIntoxicated.

    • Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe: where should they / Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? / How cam'st thou in this pickle?
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    lawOf a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.

    • Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe, however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.
  • 10

    Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

    • His Majesty [a purple emperor butterfly] has rather peculiar tastes for so elegant a being. You just hang a piece of decidedly ripe meat anywhere near.
    • Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.

ripenoun詞源 1/ɹaɪp/

  • 1

    agriculturebusinesslifestyleA fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

    • When he realized that the ripes would not make it back to Selma, Zemurray offered a free bunch of bananas to any telegraph operator who notified local grocers that he was coming through with a shipment of bananas.

ripeverb詞源 1/ɹaɪp/

  • 1

    To ripen or mature.

    • […] he answer'd, "Do not so; / Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, / But stay the very riping of the time; / […]

ripenoun詞源 2/ɹaɪp/

  • 1

    The bank of a river.

ripeverb詞源 3/ɹaɪp/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo search; to rummage.

ripeadj詞源 4/ɹaɪp/

  • 1

    Rife

    • The current state of the tech industry is ripe with danger and poses an existential threat, he believes.

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