| 释义 | [ rahy-puhn ] / ˈraɪ pən /SEE SYNONYMS FOR ripen ON THESAURUS.COM 
 verb (used with or without object)to make or become ripe.  to bring or come to maturity, the proper condition, etc.; mature.Origin of ripenFirst recorded in 1555–65; ripe + -en1OTHER WORDS FROM ripenrip·en·er, nounhalf-ripened, adjectiveo·ver·rip·en, verbun·der·rip·ened, adjective un·rip·ened, adjectiveun·rip·en·ing, adjectivewell-ripened, adjective Words nearby ripenriparian, riparian right, rip cord, rip current, ripe, ripen, rip entry, ripe old age, ripe rot, ripidolite, ripienoDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ripenThe motions will “ripen,” in the rather charming legislative argot applied to this aggressively charmless process, next Tuesday. Reid Awakening|Michael Tomasky|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEASTPerhaps Snickers should have let Barr and Lewis ripen another 20 years. Super Bowl Ads 2011: Report Card|James P. Othmer|February 7, 2011|DAILY BEASTThe first, in 1990-91, was necessary, launched only after circumstance and great diplomatic effort had allowed it to “ripen.” Secrets of Two Iraq Wars|Nathaniel Fick|April 30, 2009|DAILY BEASTOnly as fast as we need additional activities do they ripen. The Mind and Its Education|George Herbert Betts
They eat many, roast and boiled, and leave them on the trees to ripen. The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros|Pedro Fernandez de QuirosIt is cooked much dryer in the making, so it takes longer to ripen and then keeps longer than any other. The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton BrownThe broom corn is not left to ripen, as formerly, but is cut when it is quite green, and the seed not much past the milk. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom|P. L. SimmondsIt shall But haste the confirmation of our loves, And ripen the delights of marriage, Seleucus. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10)|Francis Beaumont
British Dictionary definitions for ripenDerived forms of ripenripener, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ripencultivate, bloom, age, mellow, advance, develop, evolve, perfect, flower, season, fruit, maturate, heighten, grow, improve, come of age, grow up |