单词 | overripe |
释义 | overripe (once / 34866 pages) adj WORD FAMILY ripe: overripe, ripely, ripen, ripeness, riper, ripest, unripe+/ripen: ripened, ripening, ripens/ripened: unripened/unripe: unripely, unripest USAGE EXAMPLESThe lightness was so sweet I tasted it on my tongue, the sweetness of an overripe bright yellow cashew fruit. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) But the action stays life-sized and plausible; the talk is largely crisp, rarely overripe. Los Angeles Times(Nov 14, 2016) Waxwings love berries—so much so that birds have died of intoxication after eating too many overripe, fermented berries. National Geographic(Oct 21, 2016) adj too ripe and beginning to turn soft Syn mature, ripe fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used |
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