ripe
英[ra?p]
美[ra?p]
- adj. 熟的，成熟的；時機成熟的
- vt. 搜查；調查
- vi. 進行搜查
- n. (Ripe)人名；(意、瑞典)里佩
英英釋意
- 1. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
- "ripe peaches"
- "full-bodies mature wines"
- 2. fully prepared or eager;
- "the colonists were ripe for revolution"
- 3. most suitable or right for a particular purpose;
- "a good time to plant tomatoes"
- "the right time to act"
- "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
- 4. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge;
- "a ripe mind"
- 5. far along in time;
- "a man of advanced age"
- "advanced in years"
- "a ripe old age"
- "the ripe age of 90"