riper 成熟的(ripe的比较级 )
- They say an apple, banana or a riper piece of fruit is not needed.
他们说,一个苹果、一个香蕉和一件成熟水果就不必这样。 - She had never changed, he realized, since he had first known her; she had become merely riper, softer, and sweeter in nature.
他意识到自从他第一次见到她,她从来没有改变过;她只是变得更加成熟、温婉和甜美。 - Researchers said these differences may have a basis in evolution in which females developed a preference for reddish colors associated with riper fruit and healthier faces.
研究者称这些区别可能基于进化过程,女性偏爱略带红色的颜色,并且跟长熟的水果和健康的脸色联系起来。
Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. {Riper} (r[imac]p"[~e]r);
superl. {Ripest}.] [AS. r[=i]pe; akin to OS. r[=i]pi, D.
rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[=i]ft; cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest, r[=i]pan
to reap. Cf. {Reap}.]
1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained
perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as,
ripe grain.
So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
Into thy mother's lap. --Milton.
2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe
cheese; ripe wine.
3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected;
consummate. ``Ripe courage.'' --Chaucer.
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak.
4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of
sores, tumors, etc.
5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison.
I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public
bodies. --Burke.
6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
Those happy smilets,
That played on her ripe lip. --Shak.
7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] ``Reeling ripe.'' --Shak.
Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See {Mature}.